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Sheep
Demand for SIS hill rams to jump 75% in 2024
Darren Carty
Sheep Ireland’s David Coen told farmers at the Teagasc hill sheep conference that more genotyped rams will be required to meet demand.
21 February 2024 News
Mullinahone 'catching up' on tag orders
Mullinahone Co-op said that it couldn't foresee the number of farmers who waited until the first two weeks of January to order their calf tags.
27 January 2024 News
ICBF publishes results of 620,000 cows genotyped last year
The announcement marks another very important day in the genetic improvement journey of the national herd.
Is the Teagasc 10-point plan on dairy beef 10 years too late?
Adam Woods takes a look at the Teagasc 10-point plan on dairy beef and asks the question: is it 10 years too late?
24 January 2024 Calves
Protocol for registering calves in genotyping programme
Erin Kennedy from ICBF outlines the protocol for farmers participating in the National Genotyping Programme this spring.
17 January 2024 Calves
Farmer Writes: an early start to breeding
A few days prior to the new calf arriving, we’d received a phone call from the Department of Agriculture to tell us we’d been selected for a spot check on our stock weights.
17 January 2024 Farmer Writes
Beef Management: DNA calf registration, calving preparation and slurry spreading
In this weeks beef management notes beef editor Adam Woods takes a look at DNA calf registration, calving preparation and slurry spreading
17 January 2024 Management
Dairy Management: genotyping, vaccines and budgeting
With the new genotyping programme kicking off now, farmers are advised to send off DNA samples every two to three days, writes Aidan Brennan.
17 January 2024 Management
Tullamore Farm - innovation with the sheep flock
The good, the bad and the costs associated with same will all be displayed.
17 January 2024 Viewpoints
Over 750,000 calves to be DNA-registered in 2024
There is in the region of 550,000 cows across over 3,800 dairy herds and approximately 200,000 beef cows across 6,670 suckler herds participating in the programme.
2 December 2023 News
Big changes in animal identification
A new national genotyping programme, changes to suckler breeding indexes, an application for BVD-free status and transitioning to EID bovine tagging are all new topics in animal identification.
29 November 2023 News
Irish soil DNA project aims to prevent deaths and reduce medical costs
Cork-based researchers have undertaken a detailed look at the soil's genetic make-up across Ireland in order to understand how soils develop and transmit anti-microbial resistance.
18 October 2023 News