Dairy
While most dairy farmers strive to breed a cow that produces a lot of high quality milk, it's the genetics that matter to one Kenyan farmer.
Beef
The AHDB has launched a new genetic tool that measures the potential of an animal to reduce the carbon footprint of suckler beef through improved herd efficiencies.
Joe Healy is milking 97 pedigree Holstein Friesian cows, where the use of American Holstein genetics, embryo transfers and intensive breeding
Rural Life
Breeding for TB resistance "will not eliminate the disease overnight" but is important in reducing risk of breakdowns according to expert.
N.Ireland
Recent years have seen dairy farmers in Northern Ireland invest heavily in the world’s best Holstein genetics
Accelerating genetic gain was highlighted at one of the boards at Moorepark '25 open day today where the changes to the economic breeding...
Sheep
The Sustain Sheep Project is currently seeking farmers’ views to assess their awareness of the genetic tools to help reduce methane emissions
Environment
New Zealand and Ireland are close allies, with both countries taking similar approaches to reducing methane emissions from agriculture.
Scientists and breeders have joined forces on a new $27.4 million 'Global Methane Genetics Initiative' to breed low-methane livestock
The ICMSA claimed that it is "highly doubtful" that AI companies can apply IP rights on farmers' animals bred through conventional practices.
Dairy Technical
As part of Teagasc breeding week 2025, there was an event held at Teagasc Grange where two farmers spoke about how they improved the genetics
New research by Penn State University has found that dairy-beef crossbred calves are hardier than their purebred counterparts.
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture's scheme for the conservation of plant and animal genetics will close for 2025 applications this week.
This dairy focus looks into the farm of Joe Healy who stopped milking cows for 13 years to work in the steel industry until he made the...
Around 120 delegates attended the VikingGenetics UK ProCROSS conference to learn first-hand the benefits the dairy crossbreeding programme has to offer.
Aoife O’Sullivan has been appointed to the position of Group Veterinary Officer at Ai Services (Northern Ireland) Ltd.
The lack of recognition for agriculture on the part of political parties in the UK has been highlighted by a leading agri commentator.
The government of Canada has announced funding to improve the genetic evaluation tools for the country's Angus cattle herd.
The board of Munster Bovine has confirmed that it has appointed its current interim chief executive as the new permanent chief executive.
The Irish Shorthorn Cattle Society has announced the details of its 'Breed a Roan Scheme' for 2024 which will see...
The threat to a farm caused by Bovine TB is great, with it potentially have a massive financial impact on farms.
Beef News
The ICBF has asked farmers to report calves with any sort of defect or deformity through its new congenital defect survey.
Dairy News
Dairy farmers can now access their dairy beef scorecard report from the ICBF for dairy beef calves born from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023.
