30 April 2021
Type Event Proceeding
In this week s episode in the Let s Talk Dairy webinar series, Stuart Childs discusses milk recording reports and the importance it has to farmers.
Milk recording is important to identify superior cows who are producing high levels of solids and also to identify the most productive cows which can then be beneficial from an environmental and economic point of view.
Generally, milk recording is an under utilized tool at the moment. There has been a big increase in milk recording figures in relation to the 2019 figures with 2020 not being reviewed as much because of the impact of COVID-19. There s also been a big impact of milk recording in the progressive area and in the Munster catchment area also.
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As we approach the beginning of the breeding season, many dairy farmers will have already selected their bull teams or will do so soon.
13 April 2021
Type Event Proceeding
On this episode of the Let s Talk Dairy webinar series, Stuart Childs, Teagasc Dairy Specialist talks to us about bull selection targets.
Stuart recaps on an overall guideline that Teagasc have issued to people in relation to the breeding targets for this year. How breeding can influence the direction of your herd will also be discussed. Over the last couple of years, there has been less emphasis put on the selection of bulls and more of a focus put on it now apposed to a herd trying to improve the breeding decisions for the farm itself. Stuart takes us through the 2021 bull selection targets relating to the thresholds of EBI, Fertility, Milk and Health.