Economic modelling has confirmed that farmers operating a highly stocked, low concentrate milking system would be highly impacted by a loss of Ireland’s…
Economic Breeding Index (EBI) can be used as an effective herd management tool across all dairy production scenarios, according to University College Dublin’s…
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has implemented a change in how genomics is blended with parental average to calculate Economic Breeding Index…
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) board has approved the implementation of changes to the dairy Economic Breeding Index (EBI) and the calving…
Although Irish dairy farmers are the most environmentally sustainable food producers in the world, agriculture accounts for 33% of our greenhouse gas (GHG)…
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) recently completed its September 2018 evaluation run to populate the Dairy Active Bull List. The bulls evaluated…