How to Take a Hair Sample?
- Please ensure the tag number printed on the card matches the animals Official tag number.
- Hair samples should be pulled from the end of the tail, it is the root follicles that are analysed.
Beef Gene Ireland Focus CH8334 – Corbaun Rory
This Longford bred bull is from the Corbaun herd of Liam Keogh. A lovely long bull with fantastic muscling and great power. Sired by Blelack Digger from a Clyth Diplomat dam, this bull is in the top 1% across all breeds for carcass weight (44.2kg). (more…)
Latest EuroStar Reports Now Live
The latest HerdPlus Euro-Star reports have been generated and are now available online. (more…)
How to take a Hair Samples for the genotyping process?
When taking hair samples as part of the genotyping process, please take 40-60 root follicles from the tail end of the animal. The root follicles should also be clean and dry. This will prevent hair samples required to be retested again, which would also delay the turnaround time of genomic results. The below images will help herd-owners on how to correctly take hair samples for genotyping. (more…)
Gene Ireland Focus LM8619 – Castleview Reece
A late entry into the Beef Gene Ireland Terminal panel, Castleview Reece is from the renowned Castleview Limousin herd of Sean O’Sullivan, Castleisland, Kerry. This young bull promises to bring both maternal and terminal qualities to any herd he is used in. (more…)
Gene Ireland Focus – Keltic Rembrandt (LM8259)
The last bull on our Replacement Index list is Keltic Rembrandt (LM8259). This bull comes from the Keltic Limousin herd in Meath, who many Limousin breeders would know bred Keltic Handsome (OKH). OKH made it through the Gene Ireland progeny testing in 2014 and went on to be a very successful bull in Irish pedigree and commercial suckler herds with over 13,000 progeny registered to him. (more…)
Gene Ireland Focus – SI8520 Portroyal Mr Bull PP
Introducing the second highest replacement index bull on the Autumn Beef Gene Ireland list – Portroyal Mr Bull (SI8520). (more…)
Gene Ireland Focus SI8121 – Epik Agrochyt Pp
Bred in eastern Europe, this bull has plenty of Irish genetics in his back pedigree. Sired by Curaheen Gunshot, another graduate of the Gene Ireland programme and well used in Irish AI. (more…)
Beef Sector Efficiency Programmes Time Running Out to Record Weights
The Beef Sector Efficiency Programmes include the Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme Sucklers (BEEP-S) and the Dairy Beef Calf Programme. The closing date for completion of the weighing is fast approaching in both schemes as 5:30 on Tuesday November 1st is the deadline for having weights recorded onto the ICBF database. (more…)
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