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What is behind the new IP rules on bulls?
Aidan Brennan
Aidan Brennan analyses the reasons behind the introduction of intellectual property (IP) rights on Irish AI bulls
12 February 2025 Breeding & health
‘Our focus must remain on the commercial beef farmer’ - ICBF
Adam Woods and Nevan McKiernan sat down with ICBF boss Sean Coughlan to discuss the recent decision by breed societies not to print indexes in sales catalogues.
7 February 2025 News
Farm Tech Talk: ACRES, AI companies and the row over ICBF stars
The latest on the ACRES scheme, moves by AI companies to protect Irish genetics and the ongoing row over the Euro-star indices all feature on this week's show.
Deer have ‘small role’ with bovine TB spread in NI
As part of the research, 522 deer were culled across Northern Ireland over a five-year period.
5 February 2025 Northern Ireland
Editorial: changing genetic scene
The key change internationally seems to be that instead of the breeding program owning bulls in the future, it needs to own the females, writes Jack Kennedy.
5 February 2025 Editorial
Top AI firms move to protect Irish genetics
The new controls will prevent farmers selling bull calves with high EBI to other or foreign AI companies.
5 February 2025 News
Dairy Management: CBV, calving preparation and slurry
Martin Merrick discusses some of the talk around calf quality and CBV at this years IGA conference, as well as calving prep and spreading slurry in the open period.
15 January 2025 Management
Land was inherited by women in iron age Britain
An international team of geneticists, led by those from Trinity College Dublin, with archaeologists from Bournemouth University are deciphering the structure of British iron age society.
15 January 2025 News
New technologies transforming sheep methane measurements
Research carried out on methane genetics shows there is potential in the future to select sheep that produce lower levels of methane, writes Darren Carty.
8 January 2025 Breeding & health
Commercials hit high notes as top-priced lots go for export in 2024
Nevan McKiernan looks back over the pedigree and commercial cattle sales in 2024, which saw records broken across many breeds.
29 December 2024 Pedigree
In pictures: recap of 2024 national show champions
Nevan McKiernan looks back at the cattle that won their national breed championships in 2024.
24 December 2024 Pedigree
Editorial: ICBF analysis - CBV does work
Not publishing evaluations for breeders is a big step that could have long lasting impact.
18 December 2024 Viewpoints