5 Star Salers Bull now available to order from Gene Ireland
5 star Salers bull Spiddal Pat (SA4461) (Variegeois x Egard) is now available to order from Gene Ireland at €5 per straw. He has a replacement index of €155. (more…)
5 star Salers bull Spiddal Pat (SA4461) (Variegeois x Egard) is now available to order from Gene Ireland at €5 per straw. He has a replacement index of €155. (more…)
EdX in conjunction with Wageningen University and Research are offering a free 7 week online course on Animal Breeding and Genetics. This online course opens on the 13th of February. (more…)
We have improved the existing Current Milk Recording Profile to make the data more useful for management decisions. The profile is available to all milk recording herds. (more…)
Farmers, If you have a calf that is born with an abnormality, please let us know.
How to Record Calf Abnormalities (more…)
The Gene Ireland Progeny test centre recently slaughtered 18 heifers at Slaney Foods International, Bunclody, Co. Wexford. The progeny were sired by 10 different AI sires across 6 different breeds. (more…)
The Gene Ireland Progeny test centre recently slaughtered 33 steers at Slaney Foods International, Bunclody, Co. Wexford. The progeny were sired by 18 different AI sires across 8 different breeds. (more…)
ICBF is making a change to the Dairy/Dual HerdPlus membership fees. This is the first fee increase since the service commenced in 2006 (with an introductory offer of €60 that has lasted 12 years). (more…)
ICBF published the first beef evaluations of 2018 on 10th January. This has seen the Euro-Star indexes for all suckler cows, heifers, stock bull and AI bulls updated. (more…)