The latest addition to the ICBF presentations page is a presentation on Data Collection Methods used in the BDGP and the Development of Restful API’s for Recording Herd Data put together by Craig Vigors, ICBF. (more…)
The first calves from the 2016 Gene Ireland beef bulls are currently being born on farms. Here is one of Castleview Gazelle (ZAG) progeny. ZAG was progeny tested through Gene Ireland in 2014. (more…)
On May 31 ICBF passed an important milestone with over 1 million cattle having a valid genotype. Ireland is only the second country in the world to surpass this milestone (more…)
Dairy HerdPlus is a tool that can benefit everyone no matter what your breeding goals are. (more…)
The first calves from the 2016 Gene Ireland beef bulls are currently being born on farms. Here is one of Kyle Herd Ivan (ZKY) progeny. Pictured below is a heifer sired by ZKY born last Autumn. (more…)
There are currently sixty AI sired heifers on test at the Tully test centre. These are the first heifers to ever enter the Tully Gene Ireland test centre and they are from a range of 32 AI sires representing 7 breeds. (more…)
The first young bulls of 2017 were slaughtered over the last 10 days at Slaney Foods International, Bunclody, Co. Wexford. The progeny were sired by 41 different AI sires across 8 different breeds. It consisted of eighty-two Jan/Feb/March 2016 born bulls. (more…)
We currently have a vacancy for an Administration & Accounts Assistant. The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) is the leading provider of information-based genetics services to the Irish dairy and beef industry (more…)
The first calves from the 2016 Gene Ireland beef bulls are currently being born on farms. Here are some of Slaneymill Jack (AU2155) progeny. (more…)