Featured Bull – Donner
Donner (AS19) was a Simmental Bull that stood in the North Western Cattle Breeding Society’s AI Centre at Doonally House, Sligo in the 1970’s.
Donner (AS19) was a Simmental Bull that stood in the North Western Cattle Breeding Society’s AI Centre at Doonally House, Sligo in the 1970’s.
Important Notice - Tickets for the Irish Grassland Association's Dairy Conference, taking place on Thursday the 8th of January in the…
As 2014 draws to a close, it is a good opportunity to reflect back on the year that was, for ICBF.
The headline project at ICBF early in the year was the Beef Genomics Scheme. Over 35,000 farmers joined the scheme, and at farm level, farmers responded (more…)
Minit of Liss (MTL) was an Angus Bull that stood in the North Western AI Centre at Doonally House Co Sligo in the 1990’s.
The 2014/2015 Beef HerdPlus Journal have been posted to all our Beef HerdPlus members. This years Journal is better than ever with over 80 pages of breeding information, beef statistics, farmer interviews and advice on using Euro-Stars and the HerdPlus web site. (more…)
A high Euro-Star beef replacement heifer sale was held on Tuesday 2nd December at Mayo-Sligo mart Ballina. The sale was organised by the Teagasc Mayo drystock advisors in conjunction with Mayo-Sligo Mart, ICBF and the Irish Farmer’s Journal. (more…)
At the recent Genomics conference in Swords, Co Dublin, Dr. Francis Kearney presented a paper on the Application of Genomic Selection in Dairy Cattle in Ireland. (more…)
ICBF, Teagasc & the Irish Farmers Journal will be hosting a Dairy & Beef genomics user conference, for the Irish cattle breeding industry on Wed. Nov. 26th from 1.45pm to 5.15pm. (more…)