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Dairy
Dairy heifer numbers falling globally
Aidan Brennan
A severe shortage in dairy heifer numbers is looming both in Ireland and overseas writes Aidan Brennan.
16 April 2025 News
The curlew's call: now is distant memory as populations decline
The Eurasian curlew, Numenius arquata, was once a common sight across Ireland and the UK and its distinctive call could be heard along coasts and across farmland.
16 April 2025 Management
Dairy management: weather changes, breeding replacements and reseeding
Aidan Brennan says that grass growth rates are variable so farmers must be taking careful action to ensure that the cows eat grass at the correct stage.
Farmer Writes: grass is flying it
All cows are calved now, and they’re on 4kg of a breeder nut along with an allocation of 17kg DM of grass.
16 April 2025 Farmer Writes
The breeding independence of the national herd
"The strength of the breeding programme in Ireland has delivered great progress for dairy farmers." - Mike Magan, Dairy farmer, Killashee, Co Longford.
16 April 2025 Letters
Longwool Perth ewes prove to be the right choice for team Tourish
Rachel Gallagher visits the pedigree Longwool Perth hill flock of David Tourish and family.
16 April 2025 Breeding & health
NCBC 'totally confident' in IP rights for bulls
The move to introduce IP rights on bulls essentially prevents farmers selling bull calves with high EBI to other or foreign AI companies.
12 April 2025 News
Levelling up calf rearing with Teemore Mono Calf Building
Proper calf shed ventilation is crucial for maximising calf performance and profitability.
11 April 2025 Advertisers' anouncements
IP rights on bulls ‘not a new concept’
Larry Bourke, CEO of Eurogene said that most of the large international AI companies have already introduced IP for their top bulls.
9 April 2025 News
IP rights to have long-term implications
Aidan Brennan says that while the impact of the new intellectual property rights will have a relativly small impact this year, it will have long term implications.
9 April 2025 Breeding
Breeding, closing silage ground and heifer synchronisation
In this week's beef management notes Adam Woods takes a look at breeding plans, how much silage ground to close up and heifer synchronisation.
9 April 2025 Management
Critical steps for a successful breeding season
With just weeks to go before the main breeding season kicks off, Aidan Brennan has some practical advice in the run-up to the important period.
9 April 2025 Breeding