News

As part of the Gene Ireland Maternal Programme, ICBF is now selling 10 high index beef bulls that have fulfilled their semen requirements in stud.
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ICBF is working towards creating a database of animals with potential genetic defects. If one of your cows or heifers has a funny looking calf, please fill out the online survey to report it to ICBF. (more…)

Want to know more about the Gene Ireland Beef Programme? Here is a helpful article explaining the purpose of the programme and its relevance to both pedigree and commercial farmers. (more…)

Pat Flynn remains at the top of our ‘Top 200 Herds on EBI’ listing. His EBI is €234 with €30 coming from Milk Sub-Index and €174 from Fertility.
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The 2014/2015 Beef HerdPlus Journal have been posted to all our Beef HerdPlus members. This years Journal is better than ever with over 80 pages of breeding information, beef statistics, farmer interviews and advice on using Euro-Stars and the HerdPlus web site. (more…)

A high Euro-Star beef replacement heifer sale was held on Tuesday 2nd December at Mayo-Sligo mart Ballina. The sale was organised by the Teagasc Mayo drystock advisors in conjunction with Mayo-Sligo Mart, ICBF and the Irish Farmer’s Journal. (more…)

At the recent Genomics conference in Swords, Co Dublin, Dr. Francis Kearney presented a paper on the Application of Genomic Selection in Dairy Cattle in Ireland. (more…)

ICBF, Teagasc & the Irish Farmers Journal will be hosting a Dairy & Beef genomics user conference, for the Irish cattle breeding industry on Wed. Nov. 26th from 1.45pm to 5.15pm. (more…)