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Check out this Video of progeny from AJY at ICBF’s Tully Test Centre. This animal was bred by L. Whelan, Co. Laois and is videoed here at 16 months of age.

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The three pillars of sustainable agriculture are Economic, Social and Environmental and in that context, breeding plays a major role in all three pillars. In Ireland we use the Economic Breeding Index (EBI), which is a single figure profit index (more…)

Beef Gene Ireland is the name of Irelands national Beef AI Sire progeny test program. Semen from young Beef AI Sires is distributed to herds and the resulting calves are ‘tested’ for various traits (more…)

Check out this Video of progeny from PI2157 at ICBF’s Tully Test Centre. This animal was bred by M. Russell, Co. Tipperary and is videoed here at 19 months of age. (more…)

On Wednesday, a group from NCBC in the UK visited the ICBF Tully Test Centre this week. They also visited Keltic Limousin herd owned by Teleri Thomas and Mac Murphy (more…)

ICBF was present at the Beef 2018 open day held at Teagasc, Grange. It is estimated that 8,000 people attended the event. There were four main stands, outlining key performance indicators in the suckler-to-beef system, dairy calf to beef, animal genetics and grassland management. (more…)

Check out this Video of progeny from SGA (pictured above) at ICBF’s Tully Test Centre. This animal was bred by D. Greene, Co. Wexford and is videoed here at 19 months of age. (more…)

Validation work undertaken by Teagasc and ICBF on 46 participating commercial beef farms over the past 3 years has confirmed that 5 star cows are; (more…)

The next genetic evaluation is scheduled for publication on 4th September 2018. In order for data on beef animals to be included in this evaluation, it must be submitted before 27th July 2018. (more…)