Northern Irish Hereford heads for Spanish AI centre

A 16 month Hereford bull, Solpoll 1 Firecracker, from John and William McMordie, Ballygowan, Northern Ireland, has beeen exported to Spain to join the Aberekin AI centre.

Firecracker, a son of Solpoll 1 Dynamite, was selected as he was a polled bull with a moderate birth weight and excellent weight gain, with a daily liveweight gain of 1.6kg at 500 days old. He is in the top 10% of the breed for both TSI and SRI and is third calf from his dam, Solpoll 1 Dainty, to be exported from Northern Ireland.