The 2019 Dairy Calving Statistics report can now be viewed online by HerdPlus members. Check out your latest report today by logging into your HerdPlus account and selecting ‘Reports’ – ‘Calving’ – ‘Dairy Calving Report’. (more…)
Wondering which sires are used the most this year? Below is a list of the sires with the most serves recorded in the first half of 2019. (more…)
The following is a list of the most popular dairy AI sires in dairy herds in 2018 (more…)
Growing Sustainably
Date: Wednesday, 3rd July 2019
Venue: Teagasc Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork (more…)
The latest HerdPlus EBI reports have been generated and are now available online. They will be dispatched by post to postal customers within the coming week. (more…)
Breeding contributes half the performance gains in dairy herds. Genetic gain from good breeding decisions is cumulative and permanent. The Economic breeding Index (EBI) must increase year-on-year. This is recognisable in the younger animals in your herd as they will have higher EBI figures. (more…)
New beef Euro-Star evaluations have just been published by ICBF. This will see the Euro-Star indexes for all suckler cows, heifers, stock bull and AI bulls updated. (more…)
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…)
EBI is a single figure profit index aimed at helping farmers identify the most profitable bulls and cows for breeding dairy herd replacements. It comprises of information on eight sub-indexes related to profitable milk production. These are; (1) Milk Production, (2) Fertility, (3) Calving Performance, (4) Beef Carcass (5) Carbon, Cow Maintenance (6) Health, (7) Maintenance and (8) Management. A summary of the sub-indexes, including traits and relative weightings for traits in the EBI is displayed in Chart 1, e.g. Fertility has a 25% weighting in the EBI. Economic values in the index are based on data collected from Irish Dairy Farms and the Dairy Industry. These values were last updated in November 2022.
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