It is well documented that Irish dairy farmers are among the most environmentally sustainable food producers in the world. However, the very significant targets that the EU have set us makes it necessary for all farmers to achieve GHG reductions.
Sign up by Direct Debit or switch your payment method from credit card/cheque to Direct Debit and get an additional 3 months (25%) onto your current membership term for FREE! (more…)
ICBF will be present at the Irish Farmer’s Journal Dairy Day next Tuesday 19th November (Stand D16) where we will be taking general queries and discussing our full suite of services with a key focus on selective dry cow therapy, recording dry off dates & the benefits of dairy genomics. (more…)
The National dairy cow population is continually increasing, despite challenging conditions in recent years, namely the fodder crisis and drought of 2018.
There are 4 factors that will both contribute to what ‘Gestation Length’ index figure your bull starts out with and also how it changes over time.1.Backpedigree, 2.Genotype, 3. Foreign Data, 4.Irish Data (more…)
ICBF is delighted to announance that it has been awarded the silver award in the scientific section at this years National Dairy Show Innovation Awards for the new and improved HerdPlus Dairy Sire Advice application.
We are delighted to present you with the latest list of dairy bulls which have been selected for the Dairy Gene Ireland Autumn programme. (more…)
The September 2019 evaluation figures are now available for all dairy and beef animals. The ICBF Animal Search, Active Bull Lists and Stock Bull Finder have all been updated. (more…)
