The number of HerdPlus members that used the Sire Advice application has increased from 2,557 herds in 2018 to 2,740 herds in 2019, an increase of 7% (see table below). This incorporates almost 295,000 animals. (more…)
The Gene Ireland Progeny test centre at Tully, Co. Kildare recently slaughtered 30 dairy bred bulls at Slaney Foods International, Bunclody, Co. Wexford. The progeny were sired by 18 different sires across 3 different breeds HO, MO and JE. (more…)
John, David and Mark Finnegan are Simmental pedigree breeders and WHPR participants.
“We operate in Cork under the ‘Leeherd’ prefix within the Simmental breed and have been using WHPR and the Stockbull Finder since it started; we are very strong advocates of the WHPR scheme. (more…)
The latest HerdPlus Dairy Breeding charts have been generated and are now available online. The HerdPlus team have just started the process of posting breeding charts to customers who have responded with the word CHART to a recent text. (more…)
Deciding on which AI sires to use prior to the breeding season can make for quiet the dilemma for farmers. (more…)
The commercial Eurostar catalogue has recently went live for Beef HerdPlus members. This is available under the “Applications” menu listing after you log into your online account. This will be a useful tool for beef farmers selling commercial females from home. (more…)
EBI (Economic Breeding Index) is a measure of the genetic potential of an animal. Research was undertaken by Teagasc to validate whether EBI is delivering at farm level using E-profit monitor data. (more…)
ICBF and the programme partners are now offering for sale 4 high index Gene Ireland AI bulls that have met their target semen requirement. These bulls have been primarily selected based on their Replacement Index. (more…)
ICBF are currently signing up herds to the 2019 Gene Ireland Dairy Beef Programme.
ICBF and Teagasc expects that beef AI usage in the dairy herd will grow significantly over the next number of years (more…)