Upcoming Sales for SCEP Eligible Heifers
ICBF in collaboration with DAFM and ICOS is co-ordinating SCEP-eligible heifer sales at marts throughout October. These heifers will be sold…
Improvements to the ICBF Euro-Star Indexes – September 2025
ICBF has made some important improvements to the Euro-Star indexes in the latest evaluation published on Tue 23rd September. These improvements…
See you at Ploughing 2025
The National Ploughing Championships 2025 will take place from September 16th to 18th in Screggan, Tullamore, Co. Offaly. Similar to previous…
Closing date for NGP applications – Friday 19th September
The closing date for applications to join the National Genotyping Programme is Friday the 19th of September. All farmers are encouraged…
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…
Can the Commercial Beef Value play a role in the suckler beef sector?
The Commercial Beef Value (CBV) and the benefit that it can have has received much coverage over the last few months.…
New Updates Now Live on the ICBF HerdPlus App.
The latest version of the ICBF HerdPlus app is now available for farmers. This update contains lots of new features including:…
Don’t forget to record Pregnancy Diagnosis on ICBF
Scanned your cows recently? Don’t forget to record ‘Pregnancy Diagnosis’ on ICBF. The quickest way to record scanning results is via…
DNA Data Driving Better Breeding Decisions on a Laois Suckler Farm
Robin Talbot farming in partnership with his wife Anne and mother Pam, runs a large 220-cow, Autumn calving suckler and beef…