Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 December 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion

Mr. Sean Coughlan:

The data is one set of data. We do not separate out the pedigrees. The pedigrees are separated in terms of the within-breed indexes provided, but regarding the genetic evaluations, all of the data goes into the same evaluation. I think that is appropriate because otherwise there is a risk you end up with animals that are suitable for pedigree herds and not suitable for commercial herds, which would be a disaster.

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