Gene Ireland Progeny – First GI Sired Heifer to Calve
The first calves from the 2016 Gene Ireland beef bulls are currently being born on farms. Pictured above is the very first Gene Ireland sired heifer to calve. (more…)
The first calves from the 2016 Gene Ireland beef bulls are currently being born on farms. Pictured above is the very first Gene Ireland sired heifer to calve. (more…)
As previously mentioned the number of serves per cows recorded on AI handheld devices is up 7% when compared to this time 12 months ago. The sires with the most serves recorded so far in 2017 are listed below. (more…)
The number of serves per cows recorded on AI handheld devices is up 7% when compared to this time 12 months ago. This figure includes both Dairy and Beef serves.
Enterprise Ireland, in collaboration with the Irish meat industry has funded a 6-year programme of research under the guise of Meat Technology Ireland. (more…)
Meat Technology Ireland (MTI) is a new Enterprise Ireland, industry-led initiative that will build a strategic research and innovation base in beef and sheep meat processing in Ireland. (more…)
The new ICBF Whole Herd Recording Program has just this week passed the significant milestone of having 500 pedigree breeders signing up to avail of the service. The new WHPR program has replaced the old way in which pedigree beef herds were performance recorded by ICBF.
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The Irish Grassland Association (IGA) Dairy Summer Tour takes place 25th July 2017 in Kilkenny & Carlow. The tour will be focused on ‘Producing milk on leased land’ (more…)