With the breeding season now only weeks away, farmers are starting to make decisions on what bulls to use this Spring. To get a better understanding of the best advice to follow, it would be useful to study the attached slides which are summarised in the text below. (more…)
Through selective breeding, gains have been made in both Terminal and Replacement traits in beef cattle in Ireland. This usually happens through the identification and proliferation of superior lines for traits of interest. Consequently, a smaller number of animals get selected which can lead to a reduction in genetic diversity in a population. (more…)
This date should be of particular importance to BDGP particpants with ungenotyped bulls with the June 30th Stockbull requirement in mind. (more…)
Richard Fortune is a pedigree Salers breeder, based in Castlebridge just outside Wexford town. The farm is run by Richard, his father Joe and his mother Stasia. (more…)
ICBF and the programme partners, have recently launched the exciting new Gene Ireland panel of high replacement index beef bulls for Spring 2019. (more…)
ICBF are currently recruiting for the position of ‘HerdPlus Helpdesk Support’. The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF), through its breeding information service HerdPlus, provides a range of breeding information reports and tools for the Irish Dairy and Beef farmer. (more…)
We are delighted to present you with the breed packs for this year’s Spring Dairy Gene Ireland programme. Now in its 15th year, the program has delivered over €200 million to Irish dairy farmers through increased genetic gain. (more…)
Richard Hackett is a pedigree Charolais breeder based in Clonlara, Co. Clare. The Limkiln Charolais herd consists of 14 pedigree cows and is run by Richard and his wife Kate. (more…)
You may already be familiar with the term Genomics as part of the Beef, Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) or just from using genomics as a helpful management tool, but what exactly is genomics? (more…)