Organisation: Beef Data and Genomics Programme

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Penalties mount as BDGP hurdles get higher

The penalties in 2017 totalled €920,367.

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New BDGP needed quickly as beef sector faces into Brexit

There was probably never a good time for Ireland’s dysfunctional beef industry to face such an existential threat as Brexit.

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Farming poll 2018: Results are finger on the pulse of the beef sector

With the beef sector and the suckler sub-sector struggling, Daniel Hession goes through our poll results to discern farmer thinking on the road ahead for Ireland’s quality beef production.

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Beef Data and Genomics Programme cheques in December

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Ireland’s first genomic beef proofs

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Only 23% of suckler calves by Artificial Insemination

Teagasc advice: How to win in BDGP numbers game

There are about 26,500 suckler farmers signed up to the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP).

Thu, 21 Apr, 2016

Search for the right results in agri-environment schemes

Ireland’s 15,000 farmers in hill areas have been “framed”, destocked, inspected, designated, and will be “converged” between now and 2019.

Thu, 31 Mar, 2016

4,278 dropouts from Beef Data and Genomics Programme

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has confirmed that 4,278 of the original 29,865 applicants to the Beef Data and Genomics Programme have withdrawn

Thu, 31 Mar, 2016

Beef Data and Genomics Programme 'will be paid in December'

Payments in the Beef Data and Genomics Programme are set to commence this week.

Thu, 17 Dec, 2015

Beef data payments due to be made next month

It is intended to make payments under the Beef Data and Genomics Programme in December to herds who have met their 2015 requirements, Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney announced yesterday.

Tue, 24 Nov, 2015

Nearly 80% of stock bulls meet genomic target

Of the 29,123 herds and 641,000 cows in the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP), 79% of herds have a stock bull meeting the June 30, 2019 programme requirement of four or five-star genotype on either the terminal or replacement index.

Thu, 27 Aug, 2015

Guide to completing the Euro Star reports

Daniel Hession meets Christopher Daly of ICBF to discuss the Euro Star reports being sent to farmers

Thu, 27 Aug, 2015

Teagasc sees great BDGP opportunity for progress

News Q&A: Teagasc on BDGP

Thu, 02 Jul, 2015

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.

Thu, 18 Jun, 2015

29,000 apply in BDGP but final tally not clear yet

It will not be known until much later this year how many farmers will take part in the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP).

Thu, 11 Jun, 2015

Farmers have had their fill of form filling and bureaucracy

The Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) may have tested the scheme fatigue limits of farmers.

Thu, 11 Jun, 2015

Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) deadline extended one week, to tomorrow

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has extended the deadline for Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) applications, by one week,until tomorrow, Friday, June 5.

Thu, 04 Jun, 2015

Extra week for BDGP applications

Beef farmers have until next Friday, June 5, to submit applications for the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP), as Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has extended today’s deadline by a week.

Fri, 29 May, 2015

Stephen Cadogan: Beef Data and Genomics Programme offers €52m per year carrot to save suckler farms

The Beef Data and Genomics Programme may have come just in time to rescue suckler farming!

Thu, 28 May, 2015

1,000 applications per day for BDGP scheme

May 29 is the application deadline for the Beef Data and Genomics Programme.

Thu, 21 May, 2015

Farmers assured they have nothing to fear in Beef Data Genomics Programme

Genomic sampling for the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) is likely to be significantly cheaper than last year’s €30, says Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney.

Thu, 21 May, 2015

Over 10,000 bulls per year for BDGP

In the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP), at least one stock bull on the holding on June 30, 2019 must have been genotyped four or five star on either the terminal or replacement index.

Thu, 21 May, 2015

€120-142.50/ha in BDGP suckler scheme

The Beef Data and Genomics Programme has been introduced on a per hectare basis, with applicants entitled to claim for hectares equal to the number of calved cows on the holding in 2014 divided by a standard stocking rate of 1.5, and limited to the eligible forage land declared on the 2014 SPS application.

Thu, 07 May, 2015

Coveney wants tougher BVD policy

Moves to identify BVD-risk farmers to their neighbours and to local vets are expected, after Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney said they threaten to delay progress towards BVD eradication.

Thu, 05 Feb, 2015

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