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Farmers have just hours left to submit an application to the second tranche of the Beef Data and Genomics Programme or BDGP2. The…
The replacement index, and particularly the benefits of five-star cows, has been a topic of debate in recent weeks with the re-opening of…
The second tranche of the Beef Data and Genomics Programme or BDGP2 will open for applications next week, the Department of Agriculture has…
New figures, released by the Irish Farmers Association (IFA), show that some 530,000 Irish cows are enrolled in the first tranche of the…
Over 50% of all suckler calves on Irish farms are born between the months of January and April. And in the coming weeks,…
ICBF has extended the date by which some farmers can chose the cattle they want to have genomically tested or tagged under the…
The Department of Agriculture will hopefully be in a position in the first half of 2017 to make a decision on whether the Beef Data…
Data from over 32,000 cattle have been displayed on new boards that were installed in marts across the country earlier this year. The…
The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed has announced that payments worth €36m under the Beef Data and Genomics Programme have commenced. “I am…
Payments made to suckler farmers under the Beef Data and Genomics Programme in 2016 will offset falling margins associated with lower cattle prices,…
Farmers have been urged to submit genotyping samples, survey data and complete a carbon navigator in order to received a December payment under…
To date, 20,511 farmers in the Beef Data Genomics Programme have completed a carbon navigator, the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed has said.…
Many farmers will face increased cashflow problems as a result in delays in Rural Development Programme (RDP) payments, Fianna Fail’s Spokesperson on Agriculture,…
The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, has ruled out topping up the payments to farmers under the Beef Data and Genomics Program (BDGP).…
More and more farmers are using easy calving genetics since the introduction of the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) last year, Progressive Genetic’s…
Farmers have been reminded that they have just over one month to compete the carbon navigator, a key requirement, under the Department of…
The use of genomics has allowed for a 50% improvement in genetic gain in cattle breeding on Irish farms, Teagasc’s Frank O’Meara has…
Farmers who did not return Genomics 2015 data to the testing laboratory face losing some of their payments under the Scheme. The official…
