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Buying a Bull? Look for the WHPR Stamp!!

Ahead of the upcoming bull sales season, it is timely to remind bull buyers of the benefits of purchasing a bull from a herd that has successfully carried out a Whole Herd Performance Recording (WHPR) visit.

Dairy Gene Ireland Autumn Program 2018

We are delighted to present you with the latest list of dairy bulls which have been selected for the Autumn Dairy Gene Ireland program. The dairy breeding program is a key component of the Irish dairy industry

Is your bull eligible for BDGP?

Herds participating in the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) that use a stock bull(s) are required to have at least one eligible stock bull in the herd on 30 June 2019. These herds are also required to have an eligible stock bull on 30 June 2020.

Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP)

Click here for more details on the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme

CATTLE WEIGHING SCALES RENTAL SERVICE

Click here for more information on cattle weighing services.

ICBF Database in Numbers

Genotypes
1 Million

There are over 6.1M Genotypes in the national database and counting. ICBF is the largest Beef Genomics database in the world.

SNPs
1 Billion

That’s ‘Billion’ with a ‘B’ (Over 218 times the population of China). SNPs are the most common type of genetic variation between animals.

Pieces of Data
1 Billion

There are over 2 Billion pieces of phenotypic (non genomic) data stored on the ICBF database. 

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