BDGP for more sustainable beef

The Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) was approved by the EU Commission on the basis of climate change benefits, while at the same time improving the genetic merit of the national beef herd.

Agriculture comes under the spotlight when greenhouse gases (GHG) are mentioned. For Ireland, cattle are deemed to be the worst offenders.

The environmental solution would be to cut cattle numbers, but the Irish solution instead is to breed more sustainable, more profitable animals.