New ICBF Dairy Beef Scorecard
ICBF HerdPlus has launched the new Dairy Beef Scorecard Report for dairy farmers. This new report allows dairy farmers to assess the…
ICBF HerdPlus has launched the new Dairy Beef Scorecard Report for dairy farmers. This new report allows dairy farmers to assess the…
The suckler beef Gene Ireland panel for Autumn 2023 is being launched this week and we are delighted to provide our…
ICBF has recently launched the National Genotyping Programme (NGP) for beef and dairy herds. This programme is the first step in…
The Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme in Numbers Since the official closing date on 22nd May, the number of herds that have…
The Beef Data & Genomics Programme (BDGP) was launched in 2015 by the Department of Agriculture Food & the Marine (DAFM).…
ICBF in collaboration with DAFM and ICOS are coordinating BDGP eligible female sales in marts thoughout September and October. These females will be genotyped 4/5-star and born on/before 30th June 2021. If purchased, they will immediately be counted towards your herd’s 31st Oct target once moved into your herd number. (more…)
For the majority of us, we are lucky enough to have brothers and sisters, siblings who we share the same parentage with. Does this mean that we are the exact same as our ‘full brothers’ and ‘full sisters’? (more…)
The 2021 Carbon Navigator is available to participants in the Beef Data & Genomics Programme and should be completed as soon as possible. (more…)
The November 2022 Evaluation will be published on 22nd November. The final date to have any DNA samples (hair/tissue/AI straws returned to ICBF to have genomic evaluation published in November, is 31st August. (more…)