Weighing your animals for SCEP in 5 simple steps
We have put together a simple five step guide to make the weighing process as simple as possible.
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Richard Geary Seamount, Currabinny, Carrigaline, Co. Cork, shares a joke with Munster Cattle Breeding Group AI technician Tom Tobin while he inseminates one of Richard’s cows with sexed semen project semen. Picture by Donal O’ Leary IFJ.
Using sexed semen this year? Here are some tips to help you get the highest conception rates in your herd!
Sexed semen is one of the key measures dairy farmers can take to help reduce our methane emissions for the dairy…
Use the Parental Average Prediction tool to forecast the potential genetic merit of future progeny
Herd owners can run up to 10 bulls against their cows and heifers to check for inbreeding and to give predicted…
Stockbull Finder – Seller – Ben Ryall
The Stock Bull Finder is a free to use app that farmers can use to find their next stock bull. It…
Teagasc Dairy Edge – Sire Advice with Dan O’Riordan
https://share.transistor.fm/s/c9ae5a16 The ICBF’s Dan O’Riordan joins Stuart Childs on this week’s Dairy Edge to discuss the ICBF Sire Advice Programme which…
Selling a bull? Upload photos to the Stockbull finder to increase sales!
The ‘Stockbull Finder’ is the ICBF’s online Bull Sales section on the ICBF website. Only bulls from HerdPlus herds that have…
How to order genotyping kits online
Herdowners can order DNA hair kits through our self-selection screen by logging into their ICBF account online. All the different stages…
DIY AI – Record Heat & AI/Serve
For herds that do DIY AI did you know that your Sire Advice bull selections will appear as options to when…
Join Our Team – Ruminant Research Technician
We are currently hiring a technician to join the ICBF team based in the ICBF Dairy and Beef Research Centre in Kildare…