How important is Calving Ease to you?
The last thing farmers need is difficult calvings! Therefore if we want accurate calving figures, it’s vital that farmers record this piece of data, and record it accurately. (more…)
The last thing farmers need is difficult calvings! Therefore if we want accurate calving figures, it’s vital that farmers record this piece of data, and record it accurately. (more…)
Michael Creed, T.D., Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, launched the new phase of the Beef HealthCheck programme – Beef HealthCheck Online at the Meat Industry Ireland (MII) offices in Dublin on January 31st. (more…)
The latest HerdPlus EBI reports have been generated and are now available online. They will be dispatched by post to HerdPlus paper customers this week. (more…)
It’s that time of year again; calving is beginning or has begun on many farms around Ireland. Three years ago we introduced defect recording online to all farmers (more…)
The latest evaluation figures (Euro-Star and EBI figures) have now been updated and are available to view on every animal in your HerdPlus profiles, Animal Search, Mart Boards, etc. AI bulls have also been updated. (more…)
The 2015 most popular beef AI sires that were used in suckler herds have now been revealed. These lists see a Limousin bull HCA (Hauteclair) come to the top siring a total of 9,763 calves in suckler herds 2015. (more…)
Since the introduction of the new mart board initiative earlier this year, there have been indexes displayed on over 32,000 animals in 68 locations throughout the country. (more…)
The ICBF animal search facility has had over 2.9 million individual hits for the year to date. This is an impressive statistic and shows just how much dairy and beef farmers, including people from the breeding industry value the animal search. (more…)
35% of Beef pedigree calves born in Ireland are sired by Foreign Sires from 11 different countries. The UK and France are the 2 main sources of foreign sires for beef pedigree matings. 49% of Dairy pedigree calves are sired by Foreign Sires from 16 different countries, with the USA and the Netherlands leading the way.