Based in Mallow, Co. Cork, Munster Bovine is renowned for its artificial insemination (AI) and herd management services. It has been in business since the 1940s providing Irish farmers with genetics that continues to improve herd performance across both the beef and dairy sectors. 

The Cork-based company has an extensive base of customers in Munster and Galway. The company offers a wide range of services such as the AI technician service, milk recording, herd health, breeding and fertility advice to name just a few.

Munster Bovine joins over 55 patrons of Agri Aware, further strengthening the agri-food educational body’s mission to enhance agricultural literacy among the general public. The work Munster Bovine carries out in the form of improving herd performance and health are critically important and areas of work that the general public are becoming increasingly aware of.

Speaking about becoming a patron of Agri Aware, Martin Kavanagh, Chief Executive of Munster Bovine said: “We are very happy to support the valuable work carried out by Agri-aware. I look forward to contributing to their role in making sure that the value to our communities that farming brings is appreciated by the wider society. Our strength comes from engagement with initiatives like this to both improve farmers lives and incomes, as well as contributing to the wider community.”

Also commenting on Munster Bovine becoming a patron was Agri Aware Chairman Shay Galvin who said: “We are very pleased to welcome Munster Bovine as the latest patron of Agri Aware. In recent years we have seen the two-pronged effect of not only better genetics with regards to herd performance but also the environmental benefits improved genetics on farms can offer in the form of reduced emissions. It’s improvements like this and the information that comes with it that needs to be shared beyond the agricultural community but to the general public that we engage with and is something we can now deliver on with Munster Bovine.”

 

L:R Agri Aware Executive Director Marcus O’Halloran and Munster Bovine Chief Executive Martin Kavanagh.