Dairy
Breeding is well underway now, yet not too many fields you look into will have stocks bulls out yet, as most farmers go with AI first.
N.Ireland
NI agricultural land prices continue to strengthen, with new trends apparent in how this market is defined, according to a financial adviser.
For the majority of dairy farms, sexed semen usage is going to dominate the first three weeks of artificial insemination (AI).
Breeding season for herds calving down in late January is only a few weeks away and many will be aiming for the first week of February
Agri-Business
Dairy breeding programmes in Northern Ireland are now focused on a number of key areas: milk...
Agriland visited the headquarters of Coopex Montbeliarde in Besançon, France where some of the finest bulls in the stud were showcased
Improving milk components has been confirmed as a key component of profitability on Northern...
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has said Great Britain is leading the...
The latest sales figures are confirming a continuing and strong demand for quality, sexed dairy semen in Northern Ireland...
Dairy farmers in Northern Ireland are confirming high conception rates in cows and heifers that are due to calve later in the autumn...
Opinion
The point was made to me recently that the use of sexed semen will not deliver real benefits under Irish dairy farming.
The consistent use of sexed semen has been highlighted as a critically important technology within the dairy sector, as it is said to enhance
Semex sales manager for Northern Ireland, John Berry, is confirming that freshly-calved dairy cows are, for the most part, in good condition
Sexed straws now account for almost 80% of Ai Services Ltd.’s semen sales into the dairy sector. And this figure looks set to grow further.
The latest statistics confirm that demand for beef artificial insemination (AI) in Northern...
Sexed straws now account for 80% of AI Services (Northern Ireland) Ltd's dairy semen sales....
Sales of sexed dairy semen have doubled over the last two years according to a recent Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) survey.
Beef
Where AI is being used on the farm, sexed semen has aided the opportunity to breed the desired females through AI sires..
