Better Genetics, Better Weanlings, Better Returns

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National Cattle Breeding Centre Beef Programme Manager, Rose Goulding, joins the Beef Edge to explain how important the right genetics are when selling weanlings. Plus she previews the upcoming Teagasc Mart events taking place across the country. Genetics can have a major influence on the performance and profitability of a beef herd and Rose outlines the key traits farmers should be focusing on when selecting bulls or replacement females. She highlights the individual traits that farmers need to focus on such as milk and carcass confirmation in details within the terminal and replacement indexes. While the genomic evaluations are now widely used, the additional information of the myostatin…