Brendan Hinchion spoke to ICBF recently about his farm history, the system, his breeding policy and his use of dairy genomics. Brendan started farming when he was 18, developed the farm by putting in roadways, paddocks, a water system & cubicles. (more…)
The latest addition to the ICBF presentations page is a presentation entitled ‘The Irish Suckler Cow in 2030’ It was presented by Dr. Andrew Cromie at the Irish Farmer’s Journal Beef Summit which took place this week at the Shearwater Hotel in Ballinasloe, Co Galway. (more…)
Wed 15th May is the deadline to return DNA samples (tissue/hair) to the lab in order to make the 22nd July evaluation. This evaluation is of particular importance to farmers participating in the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP). (more…)
Elwin (EWN) was a Belgian Blue Bull that stood in the Progressive Genetics AI Centre in Kilcorney, Enfield, Co.Meath (more…)
“Why can’t ICBF just leave the stars alone? If he’s 5 a star bull – just leave him that way”. Of course, it is frustrating when a bull’s figures drop and especially if you are a pedigree breeder (more…)
Ans: The Gene Pool is only reduced if the 5 Star bulls are all inter-related.
Two tools that a breed could exploit more to prevent the gene pool getting tight are ‘Gene Ireland’ and ‘Genomics’. (more…)
Orders are continuing for the Gene Ireland Beef Spring 2019 bulls. 230 herds have now signed up taking a total of 3,050 straws so far. (more…)
For a Beef Pedigree breeder, taking a tissue sample of a young pedigree calf and sending it off for ‘genotyping’ naturally enough feels like a very ‘scientific’ and ‘unstockman’ like thing to do. (more…)
There are over 580 herds signed-up to the Dairy Gene Ireland Programme taking a total of 21,465 straws to date. There are still a limited number of Dairy Gene Ireland straws available to order. (more…)