New Application – Stockbull Finder
What is the Stockbull Finder?
The ‘Stockbull Finder’ is the new online Bull Sales section on the ICBF website. Only bulls from WHPR herds that have been weighed and scored will be included. (more…)
What is EBI?
EBI is a single figure profit index aimed at helping farmers identify the most profitable bulls and cows for breeding dairy herd replacements. It comprises of information on eight sub-indexes related to profitable milk production. These are; (1) Milk Production, (2) Fertility, (3) Calving Performance, (4) Beef Carcass (5) Carbon, Cow Maintenance (6) Health, (7) Maintenance and (8) Management. A summary of the sub-indexes, including traits and relative weightings for traits in the EBI is displayed in Chart 1, e.g. Fertility has a 25% weighting in the EBI. Economic values in the index are based on data collected from Irish Dairy Farms and the Dairy Industry. These values were last updated in November 2022.
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ICBF Animal Search – Over 2 Million Hits in 2017
The ICBF ‘Animal Search’ facility allows ICBF users to search for male and female animals in HerdPlus/BDGP herds. (more…)
What is HerdPlus?
HerdPlus is ICBF’s information service which provides herd-owners with performance data which can be used to increase on-farm profit.
Spring 2017 Gene Ireland Dairy Programme
We are delighted to present you with the latest list of dairy bulls that have been selected for the Spring Dairy Gene Ireland program (more…)
Pedigree Cattle Statistics – Main Beef Breeds Origins
Table 1: Origin, year of first importation & current numbers of the main beef breeds in Ireland (more…)
All you need to know about Beef HerdPlus
Beef HerdPlus is a tool that can benefit everyone no matter what your breeding goals are. The breeding and performance information that herd-owners receive through Beef HerdPlus includes the following;
New Animal Events Book
From November 2016, as part of an EU wide change, Ireland have changed it’s tag numbering system. These changes now make Irish tag numbers compatible with the Electronic Identification (EID) system. (more…)
Progeny Pictures: EWDENVALE IVOR LM2014
Some of the calves from the 2015 Gene Ireland beef bulls are currently being born on farms. Here are some of Ewdenvale Ivor’s first progeny. (more…)