Beef Technical
In existence for over 20 years, the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation's (ICBF's) database is the largest cattle-breeding database in the world.
Dairy Technical
The 2021 breeding season is well underway - now is a good opportunity to look back on the top 50 AI bulls from the 2020 breeding season.
Dairy
Now in its 17th year, the Dairy Gene Ireland program has delivered over €200 million to Irish dairy farmers through increased genetic gain.
Gene Ireland Programme is run by ICBF in conjunction with several with several of the national AI companies.
The ICBF has just released the latest list of dairy bulls which have been selected for its Gene Ireland Autumn programme.
Beef
The program is available to any dairy farmer in the country willing to record data such as sire’s, calving ease, calf vigor and calf size.
ICBF, through its Gene Ireland Programme, has made AI straws available from some of the countries up and coming bulls.
ICBF is now selling nine high index beef bulls that have fulfilled their semen requirements in stud.
