Sheep Ireland exists to achieve the greatest possible improvement, from genetic and other factors, in the profitability of the national sheep flock for the benefit of Irish farmers and the sheep industry. (more…)
There are 4 factors that will both contribute to what ‘Carcass’ index figure your bull starts out with and also how it changes over time.1.Backpedigree, 2.Genotype, 3. Foreign Data, 4.Irish Data (more…)
Check out this Video of progeny from Ampertaine Ifor at ICBF’s Tully Test Centre. This animal is videoed here at 15 months of age. (more…)
The new BDGP eligibility profile will quickly tell you whether or not your herd is meeting its BDGP obligations. (more…)
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine today released a press release announcing a simplification of requirements under the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) in relation to the eligibility of Stock Bulls under the programme. (more…)
Check out this Video of progeny from ZXT at ICBF’s Tully Test Centre. This animal is videoed here at 16 months of age. (more…)
In order to improve the ‘Euro-Star’ and ‘EBI’ figures of your pedigree animals and in particular your Stockbull, you will make more progress with your figures if you use some ‘AI’ across your herd. (more…)
There are 3 factors that will both contribute to what ‘Docility’ index figure your bull starts out with and also how it changes over time.1.Backpedigree, 2.Genotype, 3. Docility Data (more…)
The latest HerdPlus EBI reports have been generated and are now available online. They will be dispatched by post to postal customers within the coming week. (more…)