HCL
Bull of the week – HCL – Highland Colossal
This section randomly selects a different Beef or Dairy AI Bull each week (past or present) showing a picture of the bull together with a link to his EBI or Euro-Star evaluations. (more…)
Gene Ireland Bull Breeder of the week – Eustace Burke, Ballyginnane, Carrigaline, Co Cork
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Gene Ireland Maternal Bull Breeder Participant, Eustace Burke with ‘Clontead Lady Honey’. (more…)
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…)
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…)
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
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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
Maternal Bull Breeder participant and Hereford breeder Joe Deverell with his best cow Ballyaville Portia and her week old bull calf Ballyaville Hamlet. Portia is 12 ½ years old and has produced 11 calves with an average calving interval of 359 days.
Gene Ireland Bull Breeder of the week – Joe Deverell, Ballyaville, Geashill, Co Offaly
- Maternal Bull Breeder participant and Hereford breeder Joe Deverell with his best cow Ballyaville Portia and her week old bull calf Ballyaville Hamlet. (more…)