On tonight's episode of FarmLand, Siobhan Ring geneticist at ICBF will give the inside track on the recently developed Dairy Beef Index and its potential for both dairy and beef farmers.Niall Claffey visits dairy farmer Hughie Egan - who's milking 85 Kiwi-cross cows under a spring-calving system in Doon Co. Offaly - to discuss his plans for the 2019 breeding season.Plus, with just shy of 50,000 online applications already submitted for the 2019 Basic Payment Scheme, Department of Agriculture official Brian Alcock talks about the department's initiative of online clinics that are taking place across the country.