Breeding Plan Webinar News Today

Benefits of using high fertility EBI sires During the Breeding Plan Webinar, as part of Breeding Week, hosted by Teagasc and Irish Cattle Breeding federation (ICBF), Stephen Moore a researcher with Teagasc spoke about the benefits of using high economic breeding index (EBI) sires and improving overall herd EBI. The EBI is a tool to help identify profitable animals. It has been in existence for almost 20 years, and has been widely adopted by Irish dairy farmers. The current makeup of the EBI is ...

Event Time 7pm Teagasc/ICBF Breeding Week 2021 The breeding season on Irish dairy farms has become increasingly concentrated in the late April to June period.  Teagasc together with ICBF are running Breeding Week which will focus on providing timely reminders to farmers on important genetic and technical issues underpinning a successful dairy breeding season.   Join us on 7pm for The Breeding Plan, a live, interactive online webinar with Stephen Moore and George Ramsbottom from Tea...