Breeding

AI serves track close to 2025 levels after slow start

ICBF figures show that handheld AI serves up to last Friday, May 22, were 10,770 back on 2025 and totalled 636,024.

NEWS 28 May 2026

AI serves track close to 2025 levels after slow start

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Cork Holstein Friesian Club launches herds competition

Cork Holstein Friesian Club launches herds competition

PEDIGREE 27 May 2026

National Genotyping Programme tops the 1m-cow mark

National Genotyping Programme tops the 1m-cow mark

NEWS 27 May 2026

Something for everyone at Carrick June sale

Something for everyone at Carrick June sale

Something for everyone at Carrick June sale

PEDIGREE 27 May 2026

Farmer Writes: raising the breeding bar

Farmer Writes: raising the breeding bar

Farmer Writes: raising the breeding bar

FARMER WRITES 27 May 2026

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Farmer Writes: breeding is moving as silage kicks off

Farmer Writes: breeding is moving as silage kicks off

Everything seemed to move at once between breeding, grass, silage and stock work.

FARMER WRITES 25 May 2026

Bulling heifers are slow to come into heat

Bulling heifers are slow to come into heat

John Egerton is now in the middle of breeding season for his spring-calving suckler herd.

FARMER WRITES 25 May 2026

Two-week rotation in Tyrone

Two-week rotation in Tyrone

Grass is growing strongly on-farm, writes Co Tyrone dairy farmer David Clarke.

FARMER WRITES 25 May 2026

Beef Trends: paid prices not in line with quotes

Beef Trends: paid prices not in line with quotes

Adam Woods has the latest information on this week’s beef trade, including the latest quotes available for finished cattle.

MARKETS 25 May 2026

Dairy Management: water flow, feeding rates and picking beef bulls

Dairy Management: water flow, feeding rates and picking beef bulls

Aidan Brennan says now that growth rates have improved, now is the time to cut back on concentrate feeding.

MANAGEMENT 25 May 2026

Top tips for managing beef cattle in hot weather

Top tips for managing beef cattle in hot weather

Cathal Gormley looks at some of the precautions suckler and beef farmers need to take during the hot spell of weather.

MANAGEMENT 25 May 2026

Dairy Management: managing cows in hot weather

Dairy Management: managing cows in hot weather

Aidan Brennan outlines some steps dairy farmers should be taking to manage cows during the spell of hot weather.

MANAGEMENT 25 May 2026

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