March Evaluation Now Live!
The March 2024 evaluation figures are now available for all dairy and beef animals. The ICBF Animal Search, Active Bull Lists…
The March 2024 evaluation figures are now available for all dairy and beef animals. The ICBF Animal Search, Active Bull Lists…
With the upcoming breeding season almost upon us, it is time to start thinking about your 2024 bull selection. In 2023,…
There has been a big shift towards dairy farmers opting to use beef in the dairy herd from the start of…
The recently published calving statistics for 2023 (see Table 1) show the bull (IG) Knockenright Chessman at the top of the…
Week 10 of 2024 saw over 58,000 samples received in the lab and more than 69,000 samples processed. The average turnaround…
There are now over 444 herds signed-up to the Dairy Gene Ireland Programme taking a total of 17,431 straws ordered to…
We are now at the peak in terms of NGP samples received in the lab at week 9. Close to 218,000…
What is the CBV? The CBV is a tool that gives farmers an insight into the genetic value of animals destined…
We are now in week 7 of 2024 and the National Genotyping Programme (NGP) is progressing well. As of today, 13th…