The bird flu virus remains a wild card that continues to threaten U.S. poultry and egg supplies while upping the ante with risk to human health.

Teagasc hosted a farm walk last week at Teagasc, Grange and Kepak’s finishing unit in Clonee. Adam Woods writes.

The “eye of the master” still holds true. Observe your cows at sunrise and sunset for signs of estrus and bull activity. When breeding season is over, keep a close watch for cows that did not settle.

The first scorecard suggested was post-calving; the next one to consider is herd health metrics. Illness and death loss in a ...

A HEREFORDSHIRE farm has the proud status to be one of the UK’s largest and most established herds of British Blue cattle.

A HEREFORDSHIRE farm has the proud status to be one of the UK’s largest and most established herds of British Blue cattle.

Picture: Dan Linehan Multi-prize-winning pedigree cattle ... of their herd’s growth, contributing to consistent calf production year after year. According to John, Angus and Hereford breeds ...

Keith’s paternal grandparents, Pete and Garnet Carmichael, moved to Perkins County in the early 1940’s, bringing their family and a herd of Hereford cattle from Gregory ... “And then we feed cows all ...

Alongside their registered herd, Mrnaks run a herd of commercial black cattle for this purpose. “We put embryos in all of those cows and clean them up with Hereford bulls,” he said. “An F-1 female is ...

Since 2000, the beef cattle herd in Johnson County, Iowa ... “So, instead of the calves being sold in the fall, I have to retain and feed them through winter and get them bred, and then they have ...

Apley Estate’s suckler herd was ... Simmental and Hereford crossbred cows calving from March 1 next year within 12 weeks to British Blue and Limousin cross bulls. The cattle are fully ...

In the end, investing in preventative foot care during winter housing is both cost-effective and essential for maintaining a productive herd.