The ICBF is targeting herds participating in SCEP with these herds given priority in the application process.
Over 10,600 farmers are currently enrolled in the scheme and over 1.3 million animals have been genotyped to date.
With in excess of 7,600 farmers required to purchase a genotyped ram in 2024, we caught up with Sheep Ireland’s Seán Godfrey, to get the latest on the scheme.
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DNA profiling of cattle, known as genotyping, is needed to build breeding value indexes for livestock in NI
If applying to the Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme, animals purchased must be genotyped, Sean Brosnan, ICOS Mart chair reminds farmers.