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Australian breed societies announce in-house genetic evaluation platforms

Two cattle breed societies in Australia have announced the launch of two fully independent genetic evaluation platforms. Nevan McKiernan reports.

PEDIGREE 29 December 2025

Australian breed societies announce in-house genetic evaluation platforms

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Genetics in your herd: the role of myostatin in breeding females

Genetics in your herd: the role of myostatin in breeding females

NORTHERN IRELAND 26 December 2025

Where will the next generation of AI sires come from?

Where will the next generation of AI sires come from?

MANAGEMENT 25 December 2025

Top five Farmer Writes videos from 2025

Top five Farmer Writes videos from 2025

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NORTHERN IRELAND 24 December 2025

What bulls sired the top commercial show calves in 2025

What bulls sired the top commercial show calves in 2025

What bulls sired the top commercial show calves in 2025

PEDIGREE 24 December 2025

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TB is entangled in culture, history and social realities

TB is entangled in culture, history and social realities

Personal experience and that of fellow-farmers encountered when he was Macra president, drove Nuffield Ireland scholar John Keane to research solutions to the problem of TB prevalence in Ireland.

OPINION 10 December 2025

Dempsey at Large: Need for Irish cereal breeding policy

Dempsey at Large: Need for Irish cereal breeding policy

An informed forum should be assembled immediately and a national policy developed.

VIEWPOINTS 10 December 2025

Beef management: bedding materials, winter AI and soil testing

Beef management: bedding materials, winter AI and soil testing

Martin Merrick gives advice on using appropriate bedding for your system, ensuring autumn calving cows get back in calf and soil testing over the winter period.

MANAGEMENT 10 December 2025

Tullamore Farm: Cull cow kill out and ewe breeding strategies

Tullamore Farm: Cull cow kill out and ewe breeding strategies

Shaun Diver takes a look at the recent cull cow results on Tullamore Farm and gives an update on sheep breeding in this week's update.

MANAGEMENT 10 December 2025

My Farming Week: Derrick Forde, Cahermorris, Corrandulla, Co Galway

My Farming Week: Derrick Forde, Cahermorris, Corrandulla, Co Galway

Derrick Forde and his wife Debbie are milking 76 cows on a Lely robot in Corrandulla, Co Galway. Derrick also topped the three biggest sales for cattle in the country this year.

NEWS 10 December 2025

Bidding frenzy at final Limousin sale of the year

Bidding frenzy at final Limousin sale of the year

Limousin bulls sold like they were going out of fashion at the Irish Limousin Cattle Society's final sale of the year in Roscommon Mart on Saturday, writes Nevan McKiernan.

PEDIGREE 10 December 2025

Farmer Writes: system out of sync with TB

Farmer Writes: system out of sync with TB

The breeding bull sales are gone for this year anyway, and maybe next year too depending on how it plays out, writes Padraig Callanan.

FARMER WRITES 10 December 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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