Dr Berry was a guest on last night’s episode of Ten Things to Know About … Beef and Beer, a science series on RTÉ One. Dr Berry said: “Unlike most other interventions, genetics is cumulative and ...

Solutions being developed at the Vistamilk SFI Research Centre are helping the Irish agri-food sector to meet increasing demands for improved efficiency and reduced emissions. According to centre ...

Teagasc’s Donagh Berry is working to develop a ground-breaking, world first genetics test which could predict the tenderness of an animal’s offspring. GENOMIC cattle tests costing just €50 ...

Important work carried out by Teagasc and the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation on genomic selection for beef cattle in Ireland could have a very positive impact on greenhouse gas emissions in this ...

The principal investigator in quantitative genetics at the Irish research centre Teagasc, Moore Park, told the Countdown Symposium in Melbourne that a focus on cow health would unlock genetic ...

Irish animal geneticist Donagh Berry told a Dairy Australian InCalf symposium on Monday that Ireland had lifted milk production 34 per cent since 2009, despite being restrained by quotas. The goal is ...

MANAGEMENT factors such as mineral supplementation, herd health, vaccination and nutrition are vital matters in order to achieve high reproductive performance. In our special 4-page report, research ...

In recent weeks there has been a lot of debate about whether the beef indexes developed by Donagh Berry and his colleagues in Teagasc and ICBF are really fit for purpose. The main source of the ...