Some recent commentary has suggested that using daughter proven bulls is more profitable than using genomic bulls. This is certainly not the case when we analyse the data from Irish commercial dairy herds! The data is clearly showing that progeny from genomic sires are performing some 3 days better in calving interval, 5% better in survival and 34kg more milk solids when compared to proven sires.

ICBF HerdPlus has just launched a new Weaning Performance Report for suckler farmers. This new report aims to help farmers identify their best ‘beef producing’ cows. We look forward to this report helping to add further value to the herdplus service for beef farmers including people from the industry.

The latest Dairy AI bull proofs are now available to view in excel format in the 'genetic evaluations section' of our website.