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We are running a free Moocall HEAT information event for the Munster region.
If you're a dairy or suckler farmer in Cork, Kerry, Tipperary, Clare, Limerick, Waterford this is for you.
Animal breeding expert Dr Dan Ryan is our guest speaker for the evening.
We've got some exciting news for you; Moocall HEAT, our hotly anticipated heat detection system, is finally here.
If you already know how it works and want to buy, click here. Otherwise, keep reading.
A teaser bull is the best option for farmers aiming to transition to AI. However a lot of people are unsure about what effect the procedure has.
This blog post will let you know what you’re getting in for. Once you give him the snip, there’s no going back.
Your cattle could be indoors for months on end, so it is very important that they have enough room. You wouldn’t like to be sitting cramped in the same spot for that long, after all.
Not only is this useful for animal welfare, but this is important for your pocket too. A bigger space doesn’t get dirty as quick, and it is easier to clean around when there are less cows to shoo.
Disease can run rampant in cramped, dirty conditions and this affects your bottom line when you have to fork out for vet visits and they cannot be as productive as they should.
The Irish Department of Agriculture and Teagasc issued recommended housing standards for Dairy and Suckler cattle.
Calving can be touch and go at the best of times, let alone in wintry weather like frost and snow.
Keeping calves warm as soon as they hit the ground is paramount.
Here are a few ways you can do just that.
The costliest part of calving season is not getting a calf at all. Calf mortality is one of the biggest expenses in the agriculture industry.
Minimising the cost of this is important, and it helps to know just what you're up against. Here are the 5 most common calving deaths that occured last spring according to Teagasc:
Occasionally a seemingly ordinary cow or heifer will give birth to a calf with abnormalities. On the surface, everything could look ordinary with the sire too.
Regardless, these abnormalities occurred during gestation and may affect how their body looks, works or both.
0.5 -1.0 percent of calves are born with congenital defects, however not all birth defects in calves are genetic. Here are some defects that you might run into.
You've perfectly manicured his hooves and combed his silky coat. You're now ready to let your bull in along with the cows.
But is he ready to start breeding them? Your bull may have other ideas.
Is your bull looking sheepish after doing the business reliably for the last few years? Did he get off to a great start and then come to a grinding halt?
Here are a number of things you need to look out for to make sure your bull is working this breeding season.
The most efficient cattle operations never consider tidy housing a waste of time. Washing, tidying and maintaining a hygienic cattle shed has financial, health and time benefits down the line.
Here are the reasons it is particularly important for calves to have a tidy shed.
Sometimes when a calf is born, often after a difficult birth, they have difficulty breathing at first.
There are a number of things you can do to help in this case: 'christening' them, 'hanging' the calf, stimulating their nostrils with a bit of straw, and more.
However, while you may intervene to help the calf, there are things you can do that could potentially harm them too.
Here are some tips to avoid that.
