Contract rearing involves the movement of replacement heifers from the owner’s farm for rearing on contract by another farmer. Dairy farmers contract out the rearing of their dairy heifers to maximise land on their milking platforms and free up facilities and labour.
Sire Advice is a decision support tool which allows the user to select bulls they wish to use for the breeding…
The National Genotyping Programme was introduced in 2023 with the goal of being the first step on the road to having…
Introduction The EBI details of the top 75 bulls on the dairy active bull list are based on the March 2025…
Content developed in collaboration with Agriland Media as part of the ICBF & Agriland 2025 Commercial Beef Value Series. Video 3,…
Content developed in collaboration with Agriland Media as part of the ICBF & Agriland 2025 Commercial Beef Value Series. Farming approximately…
The March 2025 evaluation figures are now available for all dairy and beef animals. The ICBF Animal Search, Active Bull Lists…
Week 13 of 2025 saw a drop in incoming samples to the Genotyping Lab. To date in 2025, 519,830 samples have…
As the 2025 dairy breeding season approaches, ICBF & Teagasc urge farmers to begin planning their breeding strategies to enhance herd…