Gene Ireland Bull Breeder of the week – Dan O’Mahony, Ballinreasig, Ballygarvan, Co Cork
G€N€ IR€LAND Maternal Bull Breeder Participant Dan O’Mahony demonstrating the docility of his Limousin cattle with ‘Ballygarvan Stud Helga’. (more…)
Gene Ireland Bull Breeder of the week – Dermot & Christy Kelleher, Inchigeela, Macroom, Co Cork
Gene Ireland Maternal Bull Breeder Participants, Dermot & Christy Kelleher with ‘Carrignacurra Unique’. Sired by ‘Indurain’ out of an ‘Excellent’ cow, she is 4.5 stars for the ‘Replacement Index’, has had 8 calves in 10 years and has an ‘Anneskeagh Ulysses’ (ALU) bull calf at foot. (more…)
Suckler Farmer Information Nights
ICBF, Teagasc and Animal Health Ireland (AHI) are jointly hosting five information nights for suckler farmers this autumn. (more…)
Gene Ireland Bull Breeder of the week – Tom O’Riordan, Ballyedmond, Midleton Co Cork
Gene Ireland Maternal Bull Breeder Participant Tom O’Riordan with ‘Ballyedmond Rosie’. ‘Rosie’ is sired by ‘Carnkern Titan’ (TCK) and is out of a ‘Seabank Pedro’ cow. (more…)
Beef Breeding Event at Tully
Around 400 farmers attended the ICBF Beef Breeding Event at Tully last Saturday, 12th October. (more…)
Dangan Nymph (Luttrelstown Gaynor x Pelletstown Buccaneer) and her heifer calf sired by Ozeus
Pedigree Limousin Breeder – Michael Mahony, Dangan House, Thomastown, Co.Kilkenny
Michael Mahony, Dangan House, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny Backround of the herd: The first two pedigree cows were bought from Seamus Cody’s…
Ollie Byrne, Ballyquirke, Gowran, Co.Kilkenny who was the first beef pedigree in Ireland to sign up to the new Beef Gene Ireland Program
Gene Ireland Bull Breeders List
Ollie Byrne, Ballyquirke, Gowran, Co.Kilkenny who was the first pedigree breeder to join the Gene Ireland Maternal Bull Breeder program. (more…)
Gene Ireland Bull Breeder of the week – Tony O’Leary, Ballincollig, Co Cork
Autumn Gene Ireland Dairy Programme Launched
ICBF has just launched its new Gene Ireland Dairy catalogue for Autumn 2013. There are 5 high indexed bulls in the new catalogue (more…)