NZ farmers select Irish bulls for cattle breeding

New Zealand farmers are choosing Irish bulls for their cattle breeding and boosting the potential for further growth in semen exports.

ABS Ireland, based in Castletownroche, Co Cork, sent its first shipment of AI straws from their grassland programme to New Zealand in November.

The sires involved are Radney Rock, bred by Henry O’Keeffe, Knockailla, Freemount, Charleville, and Hanrahan Victorious, bred by Eddie and Matthew Hanrahan, Corracunna, Mitchelstown. The breeders are Irish Holstein Friesian Association members.