ICBF are currently recruiting for the position of ‘HerdPlus Graduate Program’. Successful candidates will be offered an exciting opportunity to join our world leading organisation for a twelve-month period commencing in September 2019 (more…)
ICBF are currently recruiting for the position of ‘Software Developer Graduate Program’. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on innovative projects in an open, supportive, collaborative environment, using a combination of the latest technologies. (more…)
The ICBF ‘Stockbull Finder’ had over 40,000 visits in 2018, from Beef & Dairy Farmers looking for a new beef Stockbull. If you have ever used the ICBF Stockbull Finder then we would like to hear how you got on and also get your feedback as to how the service could be improved. (more…)
In 1998 Irish industry had a vision to increase farm profitability through genetics and data integration. It established ICBF as a non-profit ‘industry good’ organisation to increase the rate of genetic gain in the national herd and to remove duplication in record keeping for both farmers and industry. (more…)
The following is the full report on the 1977/78 performance test results for Blonde d’Aquitaine, Limousin and Simmental pedigree bulls in Tully. The Limousin AI Sire ‘Kilfrush Lance’ (KHL) who stood at the ‘Dublin District Milk Board’ was in this intake. (more…)
Gerry Lenehan is a pedigree Simmental and Angus breeder from Co. Sligo. The Simmentals operate under the renowned herd name Rathlee and the Angus have the Tower prefix. (more…)
ICBF HerdPlus has launched the new 5 Year Trend Report for suckler farmers. This new report allows you to assess the breeding performance of your suckler herd over the last five years (2014 – 2018) on six Key Performance Indicators (more…)
On the 21st January 2019, ICBF launched two new genetic evaluations for health traits – bovine tuberculosis (TB) and liver fluke resistance. After years of research and development by Teagasc and ICBF, supported by DAFM, these traits will help dairy and beef farmers protect their herd from TB and liver fluke infection. (more…)
The Dairy Beef Index (DBI) is a breeding goal for Irish dairy and beef farmers to promote high quality beef cattle bred from the dairy herd that are more saleable as calves and profitable at slaughter yet, they have minimal consequences on the calving difficulty or gestation length of the dairy cow. (more…)