New year, new bulls
With the new LIC Ireland catalogue heading out to letterboxes and inboxes around the country, here is a closer look at some exciting bulls available to Irish farmers this season.
January 23, 2023
With the new LIC Ireland catalogue heading out to letterboxes and inboxes around the country, here is a closer look at some exciting bulls available to Irish farmers this season.
A record number of young bulls have recently joined LIC’s elite bull teams, with twenty-seven bulls making the cut, ready to help sire the next generation of profitable and efficient dairy cows.
The exclusivity of entry into the Hall of Fame is reserved for only the most exceptional bulls, having met very demanding criteria. What makes this an even prouder moment is that Priests Sierra’s breeder, Rowan Priest, is also an LIC employee.
A 12-year-old bull with over 150,000 daughters has been inducted into an elite animal ‘Hall of Fame’ for his outstanding contribution to dairy herd improvement in New Zealand.
New research has confirmed bulls’ genetics play a role in how much methane they emit, highlighting the potential for farmers to breed low methane-emitting cows in the future.
Input costs and carbon footprint are among the forces pushing dairy producers to make more milk from grass. Supporting AHDB’s grass campaign, grassland specialist Piers Badnell suggests even higher production herds can get more milk from grazing.
In this insightful webinar LIC’s Malcolm Ellis presents findings from New Zealand farms on efficient cows, Sophie Evers from Teagasc shares data from the Irish dairy industry then we cover the practical application of these concepts in your herd.
There has been a lot happening in New Zealand’s animal evaluation space over the past 18 months, including developing enhancements to the national animal evaluation system and a review of the National Breeding Objective.
With interest in alternative milking frequencies growing, watch this LIC Europe webinar to help make an informed decision for your farm
Now that scanning is done and the results are in, LIC’s John Tobin shares some stock sale strategies to accelerate herd improvement.
Good repro performance is key to profitability. This webinar takes a look at some key areas of management and examines the role it has played in improving performance in Joe and Kathleen’s herd.
View the latest bulls to join The Forwards® sire team as part of the Irish Bull Breeding (IBB) program in Ireland
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