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ICBF at the Ploughing Learn More

ICBF at the Ploughing

ICBF will be present at the National Ploughing Championships this year as part of the Irish Farmers Journal / ICBF / Bord Bia Livestock Demo.
Systems Administrator Position Learn More

Systems Administrator Position

The ICBF operates a national cattle breeding database.  The genetic evaluations and research performed by ICBF is used by farmers and the Irish agri-food industry. We are currently looking for a Systems Administrator to join the team
Why should you be recording health and disease data? Learn More

Why should you be recording health and disease data?

Why should you be recording health and disease data?

Calf suckling
Why record? To have healthier cows and calves!
Health and disease are an ever increasing cost on Irish cattle farms. Recent work by ICBF and Teagasc has indicated substantial genetic variation in health and disease traits.

Upcoming Improvements

ICBF leads industry collaboration to advance sustainable farming by improving genetic gain in the national herd and providing collaborative, data driven AgTech solutions

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 4M 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 80 times the population of China). SNPs are the most common type of genetic variation between animals.

Pieces of Data
1 Billion

There are over 1 Billion pieces of phenotypic (non genomic) data stored on the ICBF database. 

ICBF on Mobile

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Download the new ICBF HerdPlus App

animal search

Search for EBI and €uro-Star figures on the animals in the ICBF Database

icbf weight recording

Record live weights for your cattle on to the ICBF database from your phone.

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