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Changes needed for the CBV to have an impact
Aidan Brennan
Aidan Brennan looks at some of the issues with realising the full potential of the commercial beef value.
Changes needed for the CBV to have an impact
Big variation in synchrony success
10 April 2024 Breeding
Big variation in synchrony success
Conception rate to AI services on heifers after progesterone-based synchrony programmes is mixed, writes Aidan Brennan.
Do cow collars improve fertility?
10 April 2024 Breeding
Do cow collars improve fertility?
Aidan Brennan looks at some recent data from over 2.4m cows in New Zealand which assessed fertility performance in herds with and without automated heat detection systems.
The importance of resilient breeding policies
Resilience is not just needed in people, but it's needed in cows too so keep it in mind when picking bulls, writes Aidan Brennan.
10 April 2024 Breeding
Top heat detection aids for breeding 2024
With breeding likely to commence in a month’s time for many spring-calving suckler herds the attention should now turn to heat detection.
3 April 2024 Breeding
Top 10 suckler herd sires revealed for spring-summer 2023
Shanon Kinahan takes a look at some of the top sire choices made by suckler farmers for the first six months of the year.
27 September 2023 Pedigree
Key dates and actions for suckler schemes
The next two months will require all the necessary work for the SCEP and NBWS to be completed in order for farmers to receive payments at the latter end of the year.
27 September 2023 Breeding