The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has agreed to allow the November 2020 evaluation be included for the purposes of BDGP eligibility. Originally, the September evaluation was to be the final one before the 31st Oct BDGP deadline. (more…)
ICBF has just released an update to the Euro-Star details on mart screens for beef females. With the deadline for BDGP on 31st Oct in mind, ICBF is now defining whether the female will be eligible for BDGP if purchased. This removes the need for the purchaser to worry about date of birth, star rating and genomic status. (more…)
647,698 beef calves (beef sire x beef dam) were born on Irish farms in the first 6 months of 2020. Of these, 109,840 are registered to beef AI sires. This represents approximately 17% of all beef calves born. 55% of the calves were registered to a Stockbull with 27% approximately having no sire recorded.
Farming is undoubtedly one of the best jobs in the world, it is disappointing that it still ranks as one of the most dangerous jobs and this is really and truly something, we as farmers need to change. (more…)
Beef HerdPlus is ICBF’s information service which uses data from a variety of sources including animal events data, carcass data, genomic data, weight data and so on. (more…)
The following is a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ’s) in relation to the Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme – Sucklers (BEEP-S) (more…)
In line with EU Animal Breeding Regulations bulls to be used for purebred breeding must be sire and dam parentage verified before an AI code is issued. (more…)
This date should be of particular importance to BDGP participants with ungenotyped females with the October 31st replacement females requirement in mind. (more…)
On a recent social media post, we asked our followers to send on any questions they had around genotyping. Below is a brief synopsis of the main questions asked and their corresponding answers.