Gene Ireland Bull Breeder of the week – Eustace Burke, Ballyginnane, Carrigaline, Co Cork
- Goulding Extra ET
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…
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…)
Pedigree Aubrac Breeder
Lionel Mackey, Ballinclea House, Donard, Co Wicklow
Backround of the herd: In calf heifers were initially purchased in France in 1999. The herd now comprises of approximately 30 breeding Aubrac females. (more…)
Pedigree Simmental Breeder
Angela & Gerard Brickley, Coolrain, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
Backround of the herd: The herd goes back to 8 heifers imported from Austria in 1975 by Tom Brickley, Gerard’s father, to found the Anatrim Herd. Further imports have taken place over the years to ensure adequate milk and new traits such as Polled have being introduced. The Celtic herd has now been built up to 52 calving, which starts on 1st December. The aim is to tighten calving into a 3 month period. Embryo transfer is extensively used, with 40% of calves born by ET this past season. (more…)