May Evaluation Now Live!
The May 2024 evaluation figures are now available for all dairy and beef animals. The ICBF Animal Search, Active Bull Lists…
RTE CountryWide – ‘Artificial Insemination or the science of breeding’
In case you missed it! Dr. Margaret Kelleher, ICBF, joined Philip Boucher Hayes on CountryWide RTÉ Radio 1 last Saturday morning…
What is a good Commercial Beef Value for a suckler animal?
The Commercial Beef Value (CBV) is expressed as a monetary value. The higher the € value, the more profitable the animal…
Selling a bull? Upload photos to the Stockbull finder to increase sales!
The ‘Stockbull Finder’ is the ICBF’s online Bull Sales section on the ICBF website. Only bulls from HerdPlus herds that have…
Significant increase in sire verification as a result of the National Genotyping Programme
Accurate parentage information is vitally important in order to make informed breeding decisions and to follow the breeding goals for your…
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.…
Have you seen the latest updates to 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:…
Use the Parental Average Prediction tool to forecast the potential genetic merit of future progeny
The parental average prediction tool is available to all HerdPlus members. To access the tool, log-in to you HerdPlus account and…
NGP Weekly Update 02.04.2024 – Large volumes of NGP samples continue to be processed each week
Another ~33,000 calf samples were received in the lab and more than 38,000 samples processed in week 14 of 2024. Last…