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11
Jul
While good weather can be of huge benefit for farmers, it can also be a roadblock if it hangs around for too long or is too intense. It can make heat detection and breeding more difficult in myriad ways, and here are just a few of them: Heat Stress One conditions cattle can contract during periods of intense heat is heat stress. This can affect breeding in a number of ways in cattle, in both genders. Silent heats in cows and heifers Heat stress can affect or hamper hormone production in cattle which can lead to cows or heifers not...
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31
May
The cost of a missed heat in a dairy cow in Ireland is €250/heat. This means a small increase in heat detection rates can get you a big return. Many farmers depend on heat detection systems that require a lot of guesswork, however there’s no need to do that when you could just introduce an expert in his field - a bull. Bulls - specifically vasectomised bulls for the purposes of this article - are the best heat detectors out there. They even catch silent heats that you would miss with systems without them. Here we will talk about the...
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25
Apr
Because you see the visual signs of heat does not necessarily mean you have to AI them then and there. Sometimes they may be coming on, and thus not ready to be bred yet, and sometimes they are just after heat and you are too late. With each missed heat costing a dairy farmer €250 and a suckler farmer €149, it is vital that you not only know the signs of heat, but what stage of it they're at. Coming on This stage of heat lasts 6 to 10 hours. You can tell that she is coming into heat but aren't quite...
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