Are you participating in the BDGP? 2019 is a critical year in your participation in the BDGP.
Recording screens are available on the ICBF website to record traits for 2019. Please ensure that all survey data (along with tissue tags) is returned as soon as possible (more…)
There are 4 factors that will both contribute to what ‘Gestation Length’ index figure your bull starts out with and also how it changes over time.1.Backpedigree, 2.Genotype, 3. Foreign Data, 4.Irish Data (more…)
There are now fewer than 2 days remaining to weigh your animals for the Beef Environmental Environmental Efficiency Program (BEEP).
At the recent farm walk for the winners of the “FBD Eurostar €200 Replacement Index Competition” at Joe and Richard Fortunes, Wexford, Doreen Corridan from Munster Bovine and Aidan Murray from Teagasc spoke about the importance of Stockbull management to have a successful breeding season. (more…)
There are 4 factors that will both contribute to what ‘Conformation’ index figure your bull starts out with and also how it changes over time.1.Backpedigree, 2.Genotype, 3. Foreign Data, 4.Irish Data (more…)
The 2018 Carbon Navigator is available to participants in the Beef Data & Genomics Programme to be completed by 30th September. (more…)
The September 2019 evaluation figures are now available for all dairy and beef animals. The ICBF Animal Search, Active Bull Lists and Stock Bull Finder have all been updated. (more…)
On Wed 25th Sept from 3-6pm, a pedigree breeding open day will take place on the farm of Richard and Joe Fortune, Knottown House, Wexford Y35 KX85. (more…)
Lionel Mackey and his father Ernest Mackey run a herd of pedigree Aubracs in Donard, Co. Wicklow. The herd consists of around 30 cows and calves and operates under the pedigree prefix ‘Balinclea’. (more…)