Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 November 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Beef Data Genomics Programme: Irish Cattle Breeding Federation

2:00 pm

Photo of Pat O'NeillPat O'Neill (Fine Gael)
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My question related to the follow-on when that animal is crossed with a continental animal, such as a Limousin or a Charolais. If a bull that has five stars on both traits - maternal and paternal - is crossed with a five-star heifer or cow, what is the progeny going to be?