Beef
Agriland understands that the ICBF has agreed to cap the benefit available to cows with extremely low live weights...
The ICBF CEO Sean Coughlan has said that if the changes to the beef-breeding indexes were reversed, it would "create even more chaos".
Beef News
The chief executive of the ICBF has admitted that communication with farmers around beef breeding index changes has been "sub-optimal".
The ICBF is set to host a meeting with farmers to discuss the New Beef Eurostar evaluations in Carrick on Shannon, Co. Leitrim.
A number of cattle breed societies are seeking a delay in the rollout of the changes to the ICBF's beef breeding indexes.
Dairy
LIC has said that "there's a lack of evidence" in the single evaluation breeding index proposal for New Zealand by DairyNZ.
Sheep
The only way we are going to improve the genetics within flocks is if farmers start recording straight away when the lambs hit the ground.
