Ensure your data is up to date for accurate expected calving dates in your 2026 pocket notebook
To ensure that all expected calving dates are included in your personalised Dairy Pocket Notebook for Spring 2026, all serves and…
Teagasc Dairy Edge – ICBF updates with Kevin Downing
https://share.transistor.fm/s/4622df41 Kevin Downing of ICBF joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss the recent changes to the EBI…
Upcoming Sales for SCEP Eligible Heifers
ICBF in collaboration with DAFM and ICOS is co-ordinating SCEP-eligible heifer sales at marts throughout October. These heifers will be sold…
EBI Maintenance Sub-Index – What has changed?
As part of the updates to the September 2025 dairy evaluations, updates were made to the Economic Values that underpin the…
Improvements to the ICBF Euro-Star Indexes – September 2025
ICBF has made some important improvements to the Euro-Star indexes in the latest evaluation published on Tue 23rd September. These improvements…
Changes to Dairy Evaluations in September 2025 – What Farmers Can Expect
ICBF in partnership with Teagasc are updating the dairy and beef evaluations this autumn. These changes are designed to make the…
Genotyping from the Start: Lessons from the Lisduff Herd as NGP Deadline Approaches
Hailing from Whitechurch, Co. Cork, dairy farmer Victor O’Sullivan operates a substantial dairy enterprise under the Lisduff Herd prefix, alongside his…
See you at Ploughing 2025
The National Ploughing Championships 2025 will take place from September 16th to 18th in Screggan, Tullamore, Co. Offaly. Similar to previous…
What are the latest calving trends in the national dairy herd?
The latest calving reports are now available online for all Dairy HerdPlus members. The report looks at all dairy calvings in…