ICBF will hold its annual genetics conference on Friday 17 January 2020 in the Heritage hotel, Killenard, Co Laois, from 9.30-4.30pm. This event will comprise of split dairy, beef and sheep sessions in the morning, with the FBD €uro-Star €200 competition awards being presented during the day.

New calving evaluations, changes to the EBI, meat eating quality indexes, beef’s own worth and DNA-based calf registration will all be discussed.

The conference will then host a panel discussion, led by keynote speaker senator Ian Marshall. This year, the theme is “breeding solutions for today’s challenges”.