Sire Trends in the Irish Dairy Herd 2018-2023
There has been a big shift towards dairy farmers opting to use beef in the dairy herd from the start of…
Who were the Top 20 Dairy AI bulls in 2023?
The recently published calving statistics for 2023 (see Table 1) show the bull (IG) Knockenright Chessman at the top of the…
NGP Weekly Update 05.03.2024 – Reduction in turnaround time from birth to passport being issued
Week 10 of 2024 saw over 58,000 samples received in the lab and more than 69,000 samples processed. The average turnaround…
Dairy G€N€ IR€LAND Update- 17,431 straws ordered
There are now over 444 herds signed-up to the Dairy Gene Ireland Programme taking a total of 17,431 straws ordered to…
The class of Autumn 2023, who sired them?
The second half of 2023 saw, 157,847 suckler beef calves (beef sire x beef dam) born on Irish farms, of which…
NGP Weekly Update 27.02.2024-Largest number of samples received and processed this week
We are now at the peak in terms of NGP samples received in the lab at week 9. Close to 218,000…
Commercial Beef Value-All you need to know!
What is the CBV? The CBV is a tool that gives farmers an insight into the genetic value of animals destined…
98% of samples being processed in less than 7 days- NGP Weekly Update 20.02.2024
We are now in week 8 of 2024 and the National Genotyping Programme (NGP) with over 127,000 animal passports issued via…
NGP Weekly Update 13.02.24
We are now in week 7 of 2024 and the National Genotyping Programme (NGP) is progressing well. As of today, 13th…
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