The latest addition to the ICBF presentations page is a presentation on Multi-breed Genomic Evaluations for 1 Million Beef Cattle in Ireland put together by Dr. Andrew Cromie ICBF with the help of other contributors.
Following the release of the Dairy and Beef AI bull usage lists the 2015 Top Beef AI on Dairy usage list has now been released. This list sees an Angus bull make the top of this list. (more…)
The 2015 Top Beef and Dairy AI bull usage lists have now been released. This list sees a Limousin bull make the top of the Beef list. (more…)
Replacement Beef Heifers are sourced by Irish Suckler farmers in many different ways . With the BDGP scheme there has never been as much focus in this area. Every suckler farmer has his/her own story as to how they source theirs, ICBF would like to capture as many of these stories as possible.
We are delighted to introduce our new ‘Animal Search’ facility which now allows ICBF users to search for females in HerdPlus/BDGP herds. (more…)
Farmers participating in the BDGP will be applying genomics tissue tags to animals over the coming weeks. (more…)
ICBF and the programme partners are now selling 9 G€N€ IR€LAND AI bulls that have met their target semen requirement. These bulls have been primarily selected based on their replacement index. (more…)
We are continuing to update our data recording screens and the new birth data recording screen is now live. (more…)
ICBF and the programme partners are now selling 9 G€N€ IR€LAND AI bulls that have met their target semen requirement. (more…)