CAP / Schemes
ICBF 'hopeful' new BEEP will be launched in coming weeks
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has said it is “hopeful” the second Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot (BEEP) scheme will...
CAP / Schemes
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has said it is “hopeful” the second Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot (BEEP) scheme will...
Agri Politics
Management of the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) have been called on by local senator Tim Lombard to reconsider its decision to...
Dairy
Just 16% of the entire Irish bovine population are genotyped, with a massive 15% of these animals having parentage errors. That...
Beef
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) board has approved the implementation of changes to the dairy Economic Breeding Index (EBI)...
Beef
Reducing methane production enhances on-farm profitability, according to the preliminary findings of a potentially game-changing international project involving Teagasc, the...
Dairy
New changes are set to be made to both the dairy Economic Breeding Index (EBI) and the calving difficulty evaluation....
Beef
The Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) is an agricultural scheme which was launched by the Department of Agriculture, Food...
Agri-Business
The Gene Ireland Maternal Beef Breeding Programme was launched in autumn 2012 and was established by the ICBF (Irish Cattle...
Dairy
There are many different opinions out there on what the age at first calving should or shouldn’t be. Although the...
Beef
ABP Food Group’s R&D farm in Clonegal, Co. Carlow, was established in 2015. The farm is the base for the...
Beef
Today, Wednesday, September 27, ABP – in conjunction with the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) and Teagasc – has released...
Beef
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF), in collaboration with Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) and the Department of Agriculture, Food and...
Beef
A new calf index is set to be piloted next spring in a bid to address the looming influx of...
Dairy
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has just released the latest list of dairy bulls which have been selected for its...
Dairy
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has reported a slight decrease in the fertility performance of the national dairy herd....
Dairy
New research – completed by the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) – revealed that the accuracy of genomic evaluations could...
Beef
Initial analysis from the recently introduced Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot (BEEP) scheme shows that higher rated cows are producing the...
Dairy
Growing dairy cow numbers and the fall in beef births looks to have almost evened out total calf births for...