2025 Beef Calving Statistics Highlight Suckler Herd’s Fertility Performance
Suckler herds signed up to the HerdPlus service recently received their 2025 Beef Calving Statistics report. This report gives a comprehensive…
“How can 2 full siblings have different index figures?”
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…)
Are older animals excluded in the Euro-Star Indexes?
The short answer is, no. Data from all animals is included in the Euro-Star evaluation process, provided it meets certain criteria,…
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…
Beef Gene Ireland Launch – Autumn 2023
The suckler beef Gene Ireland panel for Autumn 2023 is being launched this week and we are delighted to provide our…
National Genotyping Programme for SCEP herds
ICBF has recently launched the National Genotyping Programme (NGP) for beef and dairy herds. This programme is the first step in…
Over 20,500 herds signed up for SCEP!
The Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme in Numbers Since the official closing date on 22nd May, the number of herds that have…
BDGP – Did it deliver?
The Beef Data & Genomics Programme (BDGP) was launched in 2015 by the Department of Agriculture Food & the Marine (DAFM).…
Genotyped 4/5-Star female Sales
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…)
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