Mella Briscoe, Co. Galway | 2025 RDS ICBF Economic Breeding Index (EBI) Award Winner скачать в хорошем качестве

Mella Briscoe, Co. Galway | 2025 RDS ICBF Economic Breeding Index (EBI) Award Winner

The winner of the 2025 RDS Economic Breeding Index (EBI) Award is Mella Briscoe. Mella is an active user of the Icbf HerdPlus service and participates in the National Genotyping Programme (NGP). Milk Recording, Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme (DBWS) and the Dairy Gene Ireland Programme. There are many show stoppers in Mella’s herd but one cow in particular that stands out is 372225825330798. This cow is in her 6th lactation, is an example of dairy cow that continues to tick all of the boxes each year. Her current EBI is an impressive €315. She was 24 months at first calving and has an average calving interval of 363 days. In terms of milk production, she consistently boasts excellent figures with an average of 505kg of milk solids produced per lactation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The RDS Livestock Awards are the only awards of their kind in Ireland that recognise the genetic merit of animals based on scientific indexes. The awards are linked to the Irish Cattle Breeders Federation (ICBF) and Sheep Ireland databases. For more information visit https://www.rds.ie/rds-foundation/agr... Follow the RDS on Twitter:   / therds   Like the RDS on Facebook:   / rdsdublin   Follow the RDS on Instagram:   / rdsdublin   Follow the RDS on LinkedIn:   / therds