Sustainably Improving Dairy Beef Genetics

Irish Hereford Prime are working to sustainably improve the genetics of the dairy beef herd. John Lynch from Dovea Genetics chats through his Hereford offerings and praises the Hereford sires for their calving ease, short gestation and carcass weight. Irish Hereford Prime farmer Tom Butler who farms in Co Tipperary chooses a Hereford sire for his diary herd because they are saleable at any stage. Irish Hereford Prime are working with Farmers and Dovea Genetics as part of their wider sustainability programme.