Using the Calving Difficulty trait to Minimize Difficult Calvings
Calving difficulty has been an integral part of the beef EuroStar Index since its inception. The calving difficulty % figure is…
Calving difficulty has been an integral part of the beef EuroStar Index since its inception. The calving difficulty % figure is…
With the 2025 calving season just around the corner, we are advising all dairy and beef herds who are participating in…
ICBF Mart Tracker The ICBF ‘Mart Tracker’ is a new online tool which will allow farmers to see what animals are…
ICBF Mart Tracker The ICBF ‘Mart Tracker’ is a new online tool which will allow farmers to see what animals are…
ICBF is delighted to announce updates to our services. Now available free of charge are the online Commercial Beef Value (CBV)…
When it comes to breeding the next generation of female replacements on Irish dairy farms, it’s important dairy farmers have a…
The new Commercial Beef Value (CBV) Catalogue is now available for eligible animals and is accessible to all HerdPlus members. Farmers…
For the majority of us, we are lucky enough to have brothers and sisters, siblings who we share the same parentage with. Does this mean that we are the exact same as our ‘full brothers’ and ‘full sisters’? (more…)
ICBF has reopened applications for the National Genotyping Programme (NGP) for new herds. This will allow an additional one hundred thousand…