breeding

Research has looked at the potential benefits of blood testing to detect early pregnancy in dairy cows

A three-way cross is proving the winning formula for one Lanarkshire family dairy enterprise

New at the top of the latest Spring Calving Index (£SCI) is the high health and fertility Jersey sire, VJ Groenbjerg Lobo Lobster which has 94 UK daughters contributing to excellent milk solids figures and earns an SCI of £583

Dutch-bred Bloemplaat Hoeve Ewoud continues to move up the Friesian rankings to take the lead in this breed's evaluations

Genosource Captain has been a long-term leader within the Holstein breed both as a young, genomic sire and now that he has daughters of his own

A new entrant in the shape of Peak AltaOrvar has hit the number one position on the genomic Holstein sires list, published this week by AHDB

Our embryo transfer technician joked that when he drove away from a farm in late March he cheerily wished his client a 'Happy Christmas', having just implanted 30 embryos

Improving flock efficiency was the subject of a recent National Sheep Association webinar, which was held as part of Sheep Health Week, with independent expert Lesley Stubbings advising on how to measure performance and set targets

Cross-breeding for longevity, and switch to autumn calving, aided by herd monitoring tech has led to performance improvements for the Humphry family

The EPIHERD project has been awarded a Smart Grant from Innovate UK to develop a platform which will help farmers access epigenomic data on their dairy herds to improve performance.