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Some recent commentary has suggested that using daughter proven bulls is more profitable than using genomic bulls. This is certainly not the case when we analyse the data from Irish commercial dairy herds! The data is clearly showing that progeny from genomic sires are performing some 3 days better in calving interval, 5% better in survival and 34kg more milk solids when compared to proven sires. (more…)

ICBF HerdPlus has just launched a new Weaning Performance Report for suckler farmers. This new report aims to help farmers identify their best ‘beef producing’ cows. We look forward to this report helping to add further value to the herdplus service for beef farmers including people from the industry. (more…)

The latest Dairy AI bull proofs are now available to view in excel format in the ‘genetic evaluations section’ of our website. (more…)

Recent analysis of the fertility performance of the national suckler herd shows that 5 star Replacement Index cows are delivering the best fertility performance for Irish suckler farmers (table 1). (more…)

The Euro-Star Index is a breeding index designed to aid beef farmers in the selection of more profitable breeding animals. Euro-Star Indexes quantify the genetic component of an animal’s performance across all traits of importance for Irish suckler farmers. (more…)

The Gene Ireland Progeny test centre recently slaughtered 52 bulls at Slaney Foods International, Bunclody, Co. Wexford. The progeny were sired by 20 different AI sires across 8 different breeds. It consisted of 52 August & September 2016 born bulls. (more…)

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We have just released the stats on the number of views that the new ‘Stockbull Finder’ service has received, and they make for excellent reading. Since going live at the start of October the ‘Stockbull Finder’ has received 8,173 views from 6,252 individuals. (more…)