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The Latest Genetic Trends in EBI

The Latest Genetic Trends in EBI

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New SCEP-Eligible Filter Added to Mart Tracker — Don’t Miss the 31st October Female Deadline

New SCEP-Eligible Filter Added to Mart Tracker — Don’t Miss the 31st October Female Deadline

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Ensure your data is up to date for accurate expected calving dates in your 2026 pocket notebook

Ensure your data is up to date for accurate expected calving dates in your 2026 pocket notebook

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Teagasc Dairy Edge – ICBF updates with Kevin Downing

Teagasc Dairy Edge - ICBF updates with Kevin Downing

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Upcoming Sales for SCEP Eligible Heifers

Upcoming Sales for SCEP Eligible Heifers

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EBI Maintenance Sub-Index – What has changed?

EBI Maintenance Sub-Index - What has changed?

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Unknown or Unreportable? Learn More

Unknown or Unreportable?

Progress to date: Over the past year ICBF has been asking farmers to report on farm health and disease events and the response has been very good between those who have recorded on ICBF.com and through their farm software.
Gene Ireland Parthenaise Calves Learn More

Gene Ireland Parthenaise Calves

Photographed above is a Parthenaise heifer calf sired by Gene Ireland bull 'ZYH' Alamira Harry (bred by Liam Fitzgerald, Mallow, Co.Cork) that was recently born in the herd of Niall O'Donnell, Ballinlyna Lower, Kilmallock, Co.Limerick.

Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP)

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CATTLE WEIGHING SCALES RENTAL SERVICE

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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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