Dairy
Beef use increases by 25% while Jersey use falls by 20%
There has been a large increase in beef AI usage on the national dairy herd, for this year, according to...
Dairy
There has been a large increase in beef AI usage on the national dairy herd, for this year, according to...
Beef
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has recorded a small financial surplus in the year 2018, according to a report...
Beef
The deadline is fast approaching for genomic sample testing for stock bulls, the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has warned....
Beef
The Gene Ireland Progeny test centre at Tully, Co. Kildare, recently slaughtered 30 dairy-bred bulls at Slaney Foods International, Bunclody,...
Beef
As the new Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot (BEEP) continues following its launch in February, the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF)...
Dairy
Get priority access to the next generation of genetics through the national dairy breeding programme – Gene Ireland. Gene Ireland,...
Beef
According to Fine Gael senator for the Agricultural Panel, Tim Lombard: “The big concern in west Cork at the moment...
Dairy
Dairy calving’s are behind by over 13,000 births compared to this week last year, figures from the Irish Cattle Breeding...
Beef
The Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot (BEEP) was launched by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, on...
Beef
Work is being done with the Irish suckler herd towards achieving the “holy grail” of beef farming – simultaneously addressing...
Beef
The Gene Ireland Dairy Beef Programme selects suitable bulls for progeny testing on dairy cows. Ciaran Costello – from the...
Beef
Pedigree breeders who part take in the Whole Herd Performance Recording (WHPR) programme voluntarily get their herds independently assessed by...
Dairy
Speaking at the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation’s (ICBF’s) Genetics Conference on December 5, the ICBF’s Francis Kearney highlighted that “we...
Beef
After a 59-day finishing period 50 dairy origin beef heifers from the Gene Ireland Progeny test centre at Tully, Co....
Beef
Speaking at the 2018 Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) Genetics Conference, Stephan Conroy of ICBF described the research project that...
Beef
The BDGP is an agricultural scheme which was launched in May 2015 and is designed to improve the genetic merit...
Agri-Business
Beef and dairy cattle breeders should “start with a goal”, and “write down what they want to achieve”, in order...
Beef
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) recently published 2018 beef calving statistics, which is aimed to give suckler farmers an insight...