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Breeding
12 May 2021
Meet the Challenge Sheep farmers. A project to develop best practice for managing replacement ewes as well as a better understanding of how the rearing phase can affect a ewe’s lifetime performance.
19 April 2021
Our 2017 Strategic Farmer, Johnny Haimes, from Devon, joins Leah Shanks for an open and honest discussion on why he made the decision to disperse his suckler herd and begin rearing and finishing dairy-bred calves extensively.
18 December 2024
Enables farmers to find bulls that breed healthier cows that can stay in the herd for longer
17 July 2024
Gestation Length Index provides a prediction of gestation length for a bull’s calves.
29 March 2021
Three changes introduced to genetic evaluations from April - HealthyCow, Gestation Length and a rolling base
24 March 2021
Learn more about new dairy breeding indexes being released this year to help improve cow health and your breeding programme.
22 March 2021
After the initial five years of research, funding has now been confirmed for RamCompare t continue into the third phase
17 March 2021
Performance records provide ram breeders and commercial ram buyers with the best way to assess the genetic potential of breeding rams.
15 March 2021
How Wallace and James Hendrie are improving fertility in their spring block calving herd by reviewing the previous calving season and fertility figures.
1 March 2022
If you’re new to pig keeping, or are a small-scale producer, our Principles of pig production webinars are perfect for you. Discover our FAQ's, equipping you with information on breeding, weaning, finishing and growing.
24 February 2021
A focus on breeding at Bridge Farm helped them move into the top 5% of autumn block herds ranked by genetic merit.