The final bull sale held by CK Sparrow Farms near Vanscoy last week will likely go down as one of the most memorable events ...

A bull with a docile demeanour has a high probability of fathering a docile progeny, which will be easy to handle. [Courtesy] Dear Dr Othieno, Thank you so much for your informative articles on ...

"Here all animals are born and live free until they die," says Victorino Martin, pointing proudly to the herds of fighting bulls grazing by the Tagus River on a famous breeding farm in Spain. With ...

Based in Mullinalaghta, Co. Longford, the Hand family is farming a 100-cow suckler herd, calving in both the spring and the autumn.

For the breeding soundness evaluation to be successful, bulls should be evaluated 30 to 60 days before the start of breeding. It is important to allow sufficient time to replace questionable bulls. A ...

Its estimated breeding values included +65kg for 200-day growth, +115kg for 400-day weight and sat within the top 10 per cent of the breed for its +157kg 600-day weight. The bull measured 3 per cent ...

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