The first calves from the autumn 2015 Gene Ireland beef bulls are currently being born on farms. Here are some of Highfield Odran’s first progeny. (more…)

The first calves from the autumn 2015 Gene Ireland beef bulls are currently being born on farms. (more…)

ICBF and the programme partners are now selling 6 G€N€ IR€LAND AI bulls that have met their target semen requirement. (more…)

The latest bull proofs are now available to view in excel format in the ‘genetic evaluations section’ of our website. (more…)

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GZY and YKG are just some of the bulls which have been used heavily over the past 12 months but which sires have contributed the most to the genetic diversity in the Irish Dairy Population today? (more…)

The IDB SNP chip has been used for nearly all of Ireland’s cattle genotyping and was developed by ICBF and its research collaborators, Teagasc etc., for our farmers to lower the cost of parentage verification and contribute to genetic breeding values. (more…)

If you would like to submit an upcoming event for consideration that our readers would be interested in, please let us know by emailing [email protected]. (more…)

The Cow Own Worth or COW rank is a performance ranking designed to rank dairy females on their expected profit potential for their remaining lifetime. This rank is very much in the pilot stage. Below is an explanation and some of the latest developments on COW. (more…)