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29 April 2025

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Breeding practices: how do our Irish neighbors do it?

Ireland, renowned for its vast green meadows, has developed a suckler cattle breeding system based largely on grass and optimized resource management. Our Génétique Viande team travelled to Ireland to discover the practices of Irish breeders and their approach to genetic selection and sustainability. Here's a look back at this immersion in Irish suckler farming!

14 April 2025

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Trip to Hungary from February 9 to 12, 2025

Last February, Pierre Etchecopar, Blonde d'Aquitaine breed technician, travelled to Budapest in Hungary with Cyril Josse from Synetics Export and Jean Blanc, representative of Blonde Pays d'Oc. Accompanied by Marton Szücs, coordinator of the Hungarian association of the Blonde d'Aquitaine and Limousine breeds, this trip was not only an opportunity to sample the local gastronomy, but also to discover 3 Blonde d'Aquitaine farms.

8 April 2025

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Tarine genotyping: an essential lever for optimizing your genetics

Today, genotyping is an indispensable tool for breeders wishing to improve their livestock and optimize the profitability of their operations. This technology makes it possible to evaluate the genetic potential of females and males at an early stage, thus facilitating strategic choices in terms of reproduction and selection.

1 April 2025

1 April 2025

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Juvenile over-mortality in the Abondance breed: genetics will help control the anomaly

The Abondance breed, renowned for its dairy qualities and hardiness, has for many years been faced with a hitherto unexplained juvenile mortality rate, impacting both farm profitability and animal welfare. New genome mapping approaches are now enabling us to implement solutions aimed at eliminating (or at least drastically reducing) these early losses. Zoom in on a useful and exciting project!

19 February 2025

19 February 2025

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Selection, performance and 100% AI: the DNA of GAEC SORHUETA

In the heart of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques region, in the commune of Irissarry, Bernadette and Beñat, mother and son, passionately run a mixed farm of Blonde d'Aquitaine and dairy ewes. They are the breeders of PATUA, a new QM 2024-2025 bull in the balanced range of the AURIVA catalog.

10 February 2025

10 February 2025

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Blond bull ROTCHILD is available for AI!

Here he is! ROTCHILD, our long-awaited elite bull, enters the Blonde d'Aquitaine 2025 line-up. A product of the prestigious IBOVAL selection, he embodies the breed's high-quality genetics and excellence.

21 January 2025

21 January 2025

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Promoting a region through the “Tome des Bauges” PDO (protected designation of origin)

Already produced in the 17th century, Tome des Bauges cheese is the product of a long-standing tradition and know-how. Breeders from the Bauges massif set up a Société d'intérêt collectif agricole (agricultural collective interest society) and registered the "Tome des Bauges" trademark with INPI (the French national institute for industrial property) in 1972.

17 December 2024

17 December 2024

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Optimize to win!

Typical of the northern Hautes-Alpes region, Bleu du Queyras is working towards its PDO status. With a blue-speckled paste, its softness, mellowness and creaminess are unlike any other, according to Alexandre Lagier, president of the Bleu du Queyras interprofessional association and breeder of 53 Tarine cows (GAEC de la petite Tarine - Saint André d'Embrun (05)).

3 December 2024

3 December 2024

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Blue as the Queyras sky

Typical of the northern Hautes-Alpes region, Bleu du Queyras is working towards its PDO status. With a blue-speckled paste, its softness, mellowness and creaminess are unlike any other, according to Alexandre Lagier, president of the Bleu du Queyras interprofessional association and breeder of 53 Tarine cows (GAEC de la petite Tarine - Saint André d'Embrun (05)).