Moorepark Open Day 2025 – Better decision making with DNA
Pierce Rafter, ICBF, presented a board in the Breeding and Reproduction Village at the recent Moorepark Open Day. The board highlighted…
Moorepark Open Day 2025 – Gene Ireland Dairy Beef Programme Overview
Niall Kilrane, ICBF, presented a board in the Dairy Beef Village at the recent Moorepark Open Day. The board detailed the…
Moorepark Open Day 2025 – Breeding for TB Resistance
Ava Moynihan and Simon Lanigan from ICBF presented a board on "Breeding for TB Resistance" at the recent Moorepark Open Day.…
Moorepark Open Day 2025 – Why Milk Recording Matters?
Why Milk Record - Donagh Berry1 and Matthew Thompson2 https://youtu.be/j9_OX421fSc Summary Milking recording key benefits which can be broadly categorised as:…
Champion hurler knows a winner when he sees one
Developed in collaboration with Agriland Media. The National Genotyping Programme (NGP) has now reopened for applications and it did not take…
SCEP herds encouraged to sign up to the National Genotyping Programme
ICBF has reopened applications for the National Genotyping Programme (NGP) for new herds. Herds joining the NGP in this year will…
Why Dairy Herds in the Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme Should Join the NGP
The Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme (DBWS) promotes the use of better quality beef sires on the national dairy herd with the…
Would you like to genotype your breeding stock for FREE in 2025? (worth €1,800 for average 100 cow herd)
The National Genotyping Programme (NGP) is reshaping the future of Irish dairy and beef production. By making genomic testing widely available…
Gene Ireland Dairy Beef Programme – 10 Years of Collaboration
ICBF were delighted to attend the recent ABP Open Day which celebrated a decade of research on the ABP Demo Farm…