Cork Summer Show: Hereford heifer with plenty of show pedigree picked as inaugural Breeders’ Choice

Aims to promote animals which improve the breed efficiency
Cork Summer Show: Hereford heifer with plenty of show pedigree picked as inaugural Breeders’ Choice

Mike O'Keeffe, Newmarket, Co Cork with the Breeders Choice Drominarigle 1 Grace at the Cork Summer Show at the Cork Showgrounds, Curraheen, Cork. Picture Dan Linehan

A new category at this year’s Cork Summer Show – The Breeders’ Choice award – saw plenty of spirited competition in the beef rings.

The initiative backed by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine aims to promote animals which improve the breed efficiency rather than purely breeding based aesthetic traits.

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