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Breeding plans for Irish dairy herds

Breed from your best.

Upload your ICBF reports. Every cow and heifer is ranked. Your best get your dairy straws; the rest go to beef.

Dam · Your herd

Every cow ranked

The whole herd ranked from top to bottom, from your own ICBF files. No opinions: each animal is measured on her own figures against animals at the same stage in your herd, so you see the cows that suit the system you run.

  • EBI
  • Milk records
  • Fertility
  • Dam's record
  • Health
  • SCC
  • Mastitis
  • Lameness
Sire · Your bull team

Bulls matched to the right cows

Your bull team goes to your top-ranked cows, the best on EBI and performance, with sexed straws where they count. Inbreeding and calving difficulty are checked on every pair.

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01 · Upload

Drop in your ICBF files

Sale catalogue, Fertility Profile and inbreeding report. Cownetics keeps the bull figures itself. No retyping, and your files are deleted after 30 days.

02 · Check

A few short questions

Which cows to leave out, your dairy and beef split, and your bull team. Cows with high SCC, mastitis or lameness this year are flagged for you.

03 · Plan

Your plan, ready for the AI man

Up to three bull options for each cow bred for dairy, a beef list, and straw advice: whether your straws will give the replacements you need.

Progeny · Replacement heifer

See your next generation.

The expected EBI of next year's heifers against your herd today, your herd in bands, and a breeding chart to print.

Free for the first 50 farmers this winter. You'll need an invite code.