Agri Politics
The ICSA has said that it supports the Pedigree Breeders Council of Ireland vote of no confidence in the board of the ICBF.
Beef
The Irish Beef and Lamb Association (IBLA) is seeking meetings with ministers at the department of agriculture over the Euro-Star indices.
The Beef Plan Movement (BPM) is calling for an independent review of the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) Euro-Star rating system.
The ICSA Suckler chair, Jimmy Cosgrave, said he has serious concerns regarding the ICBF star ratings and valuations.
Two additional cattle breed societies have expressed no confidence in the revised Euro-star evaluations as the number of...
Beef News
A member of the Joint Committee on Agriculture is calling on the ICBF to suspend its recent re-classification of beef breeding indices.
The ICBF CEO Sean Coughlan has said that if the changes to the beef-breeding indexes were reversed, it would "create even more chaos".
Breed societies have voiced their anger about a lack of consultation in advance of beef breeding index changes.
The Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue believes changes to the beef breeding index will enhance profitability for farmers.
The CEO of the ICBF has said that he doesn't agree with farmers blindly selecting animals based on their star rating.
Sheep
Sheep Ireland €uroStar Multi-Breed Ram Sale has grown from strength to strength and it’s now the largest one-day ram sale in Ireland.
Sheep Ireland is hosting its annual EuroStar Multi-breed Ram Sale in Tullamore Mart, Saturday week, August 26.
More marts are now displaying Euro-Star and EBI data on sales days through the use of new mart boards.
Agri-Business
The top livestock and forest producers in the country were revealed as part of the 2017 RDS Agriculture Awards.
Dairy
The league tables for the top beef and dairy AI bulls used in 2015 have been released with both Limousin and Holstein/Friesian dominating.
The revised maternal index will place more of an emphasis on milk and fertility. The old index was too beef orientated said the ICBF’s Chris Daly.
A number of significant changes will be made to the Euro-Star rating system for all beef animals, says the ICBF. The majority of these changes have occurred within the Replacement index.
