With rising global temperatures due to climate change, heat stress in livestock is a growing concern. Ranier van Heerden, ...

On the other hand, if bulls are not able to cover heifers in heat, maybe adding another bull or replacing the current bull with a more aggressive breeder are options. Another benefit to breeding ...

Smarter Heat Detection Activity monitoring technology is giving producers a more precise and efficient way to detect heats, ...

30 to 60 days before breeding season. Zoca shares these factors that can affect bull fertility and ability to get cows bred. Heat and cold stress can both affect fertility. Heat stress decrease sperm ...

Armagh farmer David McCarragher milks 80 Holstein Friesian cows alongside wife Stacey, father Melvin, and brother Andrew.

Cattle and humans have an intertwined history; people have been raising cattle for meat and hides for thousands of years.

High-end heifers saw northern buyers battle with local farmers to secure lots, with exporters coming out on top for the most part. The reader loyalty code gives you full access to the site from when ...

Genetic diversity matters for wildlife – and for the livestock on which we depend. Yet breed after breed is disappearing into extinction.

It makes more sense to use a good bull as an average or below average one when going to the trouble of AI, writes Aidan ...

In the weanling ring steers and bulls sold from £900 to £1770 paid for a 361kg Charolais and heifers ranged from £800 to £1500 for a 386kg Charolais. Ruling prices Enniskillen producer 373kg Charolais ...