As the last deadline for the first tranche of the ‘Beef Data Genomics Programme’ (BDGP) has passed on Saturday (October...
November 1, 2020
One of the remaining deadlines for the first tranche of the Beef Data Genomics Program (BDGP) scheme was yesterday (Saturday,...
Farmers have just hours left to submit an application to the second tranche of the Beef Data and Genomics Programme...
May 8, 2017
The replacement index, and particularly the benefits of five-star cows, has been a topic of debate in recent weeks with...
May 4, 2017
The second tranche of the Beef Data and Genomics Programme or BDGP2 will open for applications next week, the Department...
April 16, 2017
New figures, released by the Irish Farmers Association (IFA), show that some 530,000 Irish cows are enrolled in the first...
April 14, 2017
Over 50% of all suckler calves on Irish farms are born between the months of January and April. And in...
March 26, 2017
ICBF has extended the date by which some farmers can chose the cattle they want to have genomically tested or...
January 27, 2017
The Department of Agriculture will hopefully be in a position in the first half of 2017 to make a decision on...
January 18, 2017
Data from over 32,000 cattle have been displayed on new boards that were installed in marts across the country earlier...
December 29, 2016
The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed has announced that payments worth €36m under the Beef Data and Genomics Programme have...
December 14, 2016
Payments made to suckler farmers under the Beef Data and Genomics Programme in 2016 will offset falling margins associated with...
December 1, 2016
Farmers have been urged to submit genotyping samples, survey data and complete a carbon navigator in order to received a...
November 28, 2016
To date, 20,511 farmers in the Beef Data Genomics Programme have completed a carbon navigator, the Minister for Agriculture, Michael...
November 22, 2016
Many farmers will face increased cashflow problems as a result in delays in Rural Development Programme (RDP) payments, Fianna Fail’s...
November 21, 2016
The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, has ruled out topping up the payments to farmers under the Beef Data and...
September 28, 2016
More and more farmers are using easy calving genetics since the introduction of the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP)...
September 22, 2016
Farmers have been reminded that they have just over one month to compete the carbon navigator, a key requirement, under...
September 20, 2016
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