Cattle-breeding services to amalgamate

TWO cattle-breeding services are to amalgamate.

They are Progressive Genetics, the farmer-owned Cattle Breeding Co-op, and North Western Cattle Breeding Society (NWCBS), owned by Connacht Gold Co-op, Donegal Creameries plc and a number of smaller societies.

Progressive Genetics Limited, the name of the new entity, will bring together the goodwill of the respective parties and includes their respective breeding programmes, AI Service, semen sales businesses and milk recording operations.