Spring 2016 Gene Ireland Dairy Programme
- This spring our target is to test 70 High EBI young bulls.
- Genomic data is used in the bull selection process. Pedigree herds will receive all pedigree bulls.
The active bull list gives a complete breakdown of the key profit traits for each sire on the list. There are 75 bulls on the dairy active bull list 2016. (more…)
It’s that time of year again; calving is beginning or has begun on many farms around Ireland. Two years ago we introduced defect recording online to all farmers (more…)
The RDS “Champion of Champions” awards are a set of prestigious awards presented annually by The Royal Dublin Society. (more…)
The Top 200 herds for EBI have been revealed. This run has seen no major changes at the top with the top 5 herds remaining the same as the previous run. (more…)
The Autumn 2015 Gene Ireland Beef bulls have seen an increase to their €uro values and reliability (more…)
The ICBF bull search facility has had over 2.25 million individual hits for the year to date. This is an incredible statistic and shows just how much dairy and beef farmers, including people from the breeding industry value the bull search. (more…)
If you only make one New Year’s resolution, make it HerdPlus! Don’t think of HerdPlus membership as a luxury that you can’t afford next year…… you can’t afford to be without it! (more…)