New Dairy Herd Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Dashboard
The new Dairy Herd KPI Dashboard has gone live for all dairy and dual HerdPlus subscribers. The new dashboard displays the…
Make informed culling decisions with the C.O.W.
Cow's Own Worth (C.O.W.) is an award-winning culling support tool for Spring calving, and milk recording herds. The C.O.W. combines multiple…
79 Marts displaying EuroStar and EBI figures on their boards
There are currently over 79 marts throughout the country that are displaying EuroStar and EBI figures on their mart boards. (more…)
Pregnancy rates for sexed semen continue to improve.
The latest analysis undertaken by ICBF, Teagasc and the partner AI companies (i.e., Dovea Genetics, Eurogene/AI Services, Munster Bovine and Progressive…
Methane Evaluations now available on AI sires-A world first!
Methane Evaluations now live! Once again, the Irish agricultural industry is leading the way by publishing the first enteric methane across…
Nitrates Band Screen – What you need to know?
The new nitrates band screen is now available to ALL dairy farmers on ICBF. Please note: For optimum visibility/functionality, the Nitrates…
Updates to the Dairy Beef Index (DBI)
The most recent evaluation published by ICBF on 24th January 2023 saw a suite of updates incorporated into the Dairy Beef…
How to take a hair Sample Correctly for Genotyping?
Hair Samples should be pulled from the end of the tail. The hair must be clean and dry with the roots…
How to take a Hair Samples for the genotyping process?
When taking hair samples as part of the genotyping process, please take 40-60 root follicles from the tail end of the animal. The root follicles should also be clean and dry. This will prevent hair samples required to be retested again, which would also delay the turnaround time of genomic results. The below images will help herd-owners on how to correctly take hair samples for genotyping. (more…)