Beef
Named beef breeds, such as Angus, Wagyu, Hereford and Native Breed, accounted for 2.6% of all retail beef sales in the UK over the past year.
The Santa Gertrudis cattle breed is less well known amongst cattle breeders here, but is more common in parts of the US and South America.
N.Ireland
AI Services’ chief executive officer, Larry Burke, has commented on the launch of Northern Ireland’s new Bovine Genetics Project.
The ICBF has confirmed that the next genetic evaluation will be published at the later date of September 2025.