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Beef
Question time dominates Ennis suckler meeting
Adam Woods
The Deparment of Agriculture held a SCEP information meeting in Ennis on Tuesday night where over 300 farmers were in attendence. Adam Woods reports
15 March 2023 News
Genotyping of 800,000 cows gets agreement in principle
Genotyping gets green light - It is anticipated the new scheme will kick off in July with calves from these cows genotyped in 2024.
1 March 2023 News
Commercial beef value hits mart boards
The new commercial beef value will now be displayed on mart boards for animals that have been genotyped.
Sheep Ireland offering free stock ram genotyping for hill flocks
The stock ram must be owned by a member of a hill sheep breeding group, be a 100% hill breed and born in 2021 or earlier.
25 February 2023 Management
20,000 herds targeted in new suckler scheme
Payment in the scheme is frontloaded at a rate of €150 on the first 10 cows in the herd and €120 thereafter.
15 February 2023 Schemes
'Urgency’ to get national herd genotyped
Minister McConalogue has said that there is an urgency to push on cattle genotyping plans.
9 February 2023 News
Brexit reserve funding to kickstart genotyping of the herd
While starting off as a voluntary scheme, it is likely the scheme would evolve over time into a compulsory genotyping national programme.
25 January 2023 News
Reference year to be 2022 in any dairy reduction scheme - Minister
The Minister also said he would “very much like Ireland to become the first country in the world to genotype all livestock in the country”.
24 January 2023 News
Department confirm SIS-genotyped ram requirements
For hill breeds a ram needs to be DNA sire-verified by Sheep Ireland rather than the initial requirement listed of purchasing a genotyped four- or five-star ram.
30 November 2022 News
Further progress achieved in ICBF DNA calf registration programme
The turnaround time for DNA samples submitted to the lab was less than four days, providing the potential for animal passports to be circulated in less than 10 days.
30 November 2022 News
Department confirms SIS-genotyped ram requirements
For hill breeds a ram needs to be DNA sire-verified by Sheep Ireland rather than the initial requirement listed of purchasing a genotyped four- or five-star ram.
26 November 2022 Management
Dairy farmers to face new dairy-beef scorecard
This scorecard will be shared with Government and industry programmes such as the Bord Bia sustainable dairy assurance scheme (SDAS).
16 November 2022 News