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Read more about the article Selling a bull? Upload photos to the Stockbull finder to increase sales!

Selling a bull? Upload photos to the Stockbull finder to increase sales!

  • Post published:29/04/2025
  • Post category:Beef/News/Updates

The ‘Stockbull Finder’ is the ICBF’s online Bull Sales section on the ICBF website. Only bulls from HerdPlus herds that have…

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Read more about the article Launch of the 2025 Suckler Beef Gene Ireland Programme

Launch of the 2025 Suckler Beef Gene Ireland Programme

  • Post published:10/04/2025
  • Post category:Beef/Industry/News/Updates

The Suckler Beef Gene Ireland Panel for Spring 2025 has been launched, and we are excited to offer our customers the…

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Read more about the article ICBF Dairy Active Dairy Bull List 2025

ICBF Dairy Active Dairy Bull List 2025

  • Post published:01/04/2025
  • Post category:Dairy/Industry/News/Updates

Introduction The EBI details of the top 75 bulls on the dairy active bull list are based on the March 2025…

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Read more about the article Nitrates Band Screen Goes Live 2025

Nitrates Band Screen Goes Live 2025

  • Post published:20/03/2025
  • Post category:Dairy/Industry/News/Updates

The new nitrates band screen is now available to ALL dairy farmers on ICBF. Please note: For optimum visibility/functionality, the Nitrates…

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Read more about the article 2025 HerdPlus Graduate Programme

2025 HerdPlus Graduate Programme

  • Post published:10/03/2025
  • Post category:Beef/Dairy/Industry/Jobs/News/Updates

Do you relish a challenge and wish to be part of a top-class team? Are you an innovative team player with…

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Read more about the article Dairy & Dairy Beef Gene Ireland Programme 2025

Dairy & Dairy Beef Gene Ireland Programme 2025

  • Post published:06/03/2025
  • Post category:Dairy/Industry/News/Updates

G€N€ IR€LAND® is the name of the national dairy breeding programme in Ireland and it forms an extremely important part of…

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Read more about the article Replacement Index delivering on fertility 

Replacement Index delivering on fertility 

  • Post published:05/03/2025
  • Post category:Beef/News/Updates

5-star cows have the best performance in fertility and calving. A recent study of 145,000 females that calved for the first…

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Read more about the article Using the Calving Difficulty trait to Minimize Difficult Calvings

Using the Calving Difficulty trait to Minimize Difficult Calvings

  • Post published:21/02/2025
  • Post category:Beef/Industry/News/Updates

Calving difficulty has been an integral part of the beef EuroStar Index since its inception. The calving difficulty % figure is…

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Read more about the article NGP: How to Register calves on Agfood.ie

NGP: How to Register calves on Agfood.ie

  • Post published:15/01/2025
  • Post category:News

How to reigister for Agfood.ie? To register for Agfood, farmers should go to www.agfood.ie and Click on the ’Register’ button. Please…

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