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Where to now for dairy breeding
Aidan Brennan
Aidan Brennan takes a look at some of the key things farmers should be looking for when picking bulls and outlines areas where the industry needs to improve.
3 January 2024 Breeding & health
How does the Danish breeding system work?
Aidan Brennan reports on how Viking Genetics, the main breeding company in Denmark selects bulls when so much of the national herd is bred with sexed semen
27 December 2023 Letters
Letter: Confidence in beef indices wiped out
We have a right to know exactly what lies down the road in terms of any alterations to the indices if the ICBF want us to partner them in the future.
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