Teagasc warning on stock bull infertility
George Ramsbottom, a Teagasc Specialist based at Oakpark, Co Carlow has alerted farmers to one case study where a stock bull cost €19,000 due to his poor performance on a 70 cow dairy farm. It was found that the stock bull was almost totally infertile, despite being active and appearing to perform normally.
The stock bull had been introduced to the farm "because the farmer was fed up inseminating cows." Unfortunately, he did not monitor the bull's performance, and farm profitability nose dived due to the animal's non-performance.
