The Gene Ireland Progeny test centre at Tully, Co. Kildare recently slaughtered 81 steers at Slaney Foods International, Bunclody, Co. Wexford. The progeny were sired by 22 different sires across 7 different breeds. (more…)
ICBF was present at the Irish Farmer’s Journal Dairy Day this week where we were taking general queries and discussing our full suite of services. (more…)
We are delighted to have Prof. Dorian Garrick, Ph.D. Massey University, New Zealand as a confirmed speaker for the ICBF & Sheep Ireland Genetics Conference taking place 5th&6th December 2018 at the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone. (more…)
According to AHI, one important aspect of the dry period is Dry-Cow Therapy (DCT). This is the treatment of cows at the end of lactation with a long acting antibiotic and/or an internal teat sealer. Using DCT is one of the components of an effective mastitis control programme. (more…)
The ICBF is happy to announce that genetic evaluations will now be published bimonthly commencing in January. This will mean that we will now publish evaluations six times per year rather than the traditional three times per year. (more…)
The Gene Ireland Progeny test centre at Tully, Co. Kildare recently slaughtered 57 bulls at Slaney Foods International, Bunclody, Co. Wexford. The progeny were sired by 22 different sires across 8 different breeds. (more…)
We are delighted to have Prof. Roel Veerkamp, Wageningen, NMBU Norway & SRUC as a confirmed speaker for the ICBF & Sheep Ireland Genetics Conference taking place 5th&6th December 2018 at the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone. (more…)
ICBF Milk Recording Profiles are specially developed for you to compare and analyse your herd performance with ease. Using these profiles allows you to make more informed breeding, culling and management decisions for your herd. (more…)
A question that sometime arises “My bull had a 5 Star Genomic Proof, why is he now a 4 Star?”. There is no doubt that Genomics is an extremely important piece of data when it comes to the index of an animal, however (more…)