ICBF are currently recruiting for the position of ‘HerdPlus Helpdesk Support’. The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF), through its breeding information service HerdPlus, provides a range of breeding information reports and tools for the Irish Dairy and Beef farmer. (more…)
We are delighted to present you with the breed packs for this year’s Spring Dairy Gene Ireland programme. Now in its 15th year, the program has delivered over €200 million to Irish dairy farmers through increased genetic gain. (more…)
Richard Hackett is a pedigree Charolais breeder based in Clonlara, Co. Clare. The Limkiln Charolais herd consists of 14 pedigree cows and is run by Richard and his wife Kate. (more…)
You may already be familiar with the term Genomics as part of the Beef, Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) or just from using genomics as a helpful management tool, but what exactly is genomics? (more…)
The Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot (BEEP) was launched by Minister Michael Creed TD on Wed 30th Jan 2019. Funding of 20 million euro has been made available by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) for the pilot which aims to capture on-farm liveweights of approx. 500,000 cows and their calves. (more…)
ICBF recently launched a new feature on the ICBF website called the Stockbull Finder. The Stockbull Finder is an extremely useful tool for farmers who are looking to purchase a pedigree beef stock bull this spring. (more…)
Genotype Tracking screen
All the different stages from the date requested to genotype published can be tracked using the Genotype tracking screen. Herd-owners can access this screen anytime by logging into the HerdPlus account and selecting ‘Services’ – ‘Genomic Services’ – ‘Track Order’ (more…)
Following on from last year’s announcement of a fee increase to the Dairy HerdPlus membership, we will be implementing the second and final phase of the increase from 8th February. (more…)
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…)