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We would like to obtain a better understanding of the priority farmers would give to calving difficulty traits in future genetic selection decisions for the Irish beef and dairy industries. (more…)

A new button will be added to the health and disease web screen to indicate when all animals are healthy on the farm.

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As part of the Gene Ireland Maternal Programme, ICBF are selling their high index beef bulls that have fulfilled the semen requirements in stud.
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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…)