Poor fertility performance in cattle ‘main barrier to dairy profitability’
Dr Pat Dillon, head of Teagasc animal and grassland, research and innovation programme, will inform farmers how to improve the economic breeding index (EBI) of their herd at an open day at Moorepark Dairygold Research Farm in Kilworth, Co Cork, from 10am-3pm on Wednesday, April 9.
Dr Dillon said: “Poor fertility performance is still the number one barrier to profitable milk production in Ireland. A more compact calving pattern in early spring will allow dairy farmers to produce more milk and increase overall farm profit.
