The ICBF’s Research Project Co-ordinator, David Kelly, who is based in the Tully Research Centre, joins Catherine Egan, Teagasc, on the #BeefEdge podcast to discuss the latest information and findings at Tully with regard to the Commercial Beef Value (CBV). This episode is part 1 of a two-piece series on the CBV.
David highlights that farmers finishing cattle are seeing measurable margin differences between high- and low-CBV cattle. He discusses continental, dairy beef, and dairy-cross dairy cattle.
He outlines the impact on profitability of high-CBV dairy-beef cattle finishing earlier and grading better, and explains that while genotyping significantly improves CBV reliability, it also influences breeding decisions on the farm.