Dairy News
ICBF: Genotyping sees 'significant increase' in sire verification
Almost 94% of calves born from January 1 to March 20, 2024 have been verified to a sire under the...
Dairy News
Almost 94% of calves born from January 1 to March 20, 2024 have been verified to a sire under the...
Dairy News
The Irish Cattle Breeders Federation (ICBF) has said that 448,123 calves have been genotyped to date under the National Genotyping...
CAP / Schemes
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has today (Tuesday, March 12) announced additional flexibility for farmers in...
Dairy Technical
The National Genotyping Programme (NGP) is now in week nine, with close to 218,000 passports issued so far in 2024....
Beef
The delay in the issuing of calf ‘blue cards’ as a result of slow turnaround times on genotyping is “clogging-up”...
Agri-Business
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has said that it is making a number of improvements to the National Genotyping...
Beef
Genomic results of over 620,000 cows and heifers are set to be published today (Friday, January 26) by the Irish...
Dairy
The deadline for applications to the National Genotyping Programme (NGP) has been extended by one week. The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation...
Dairy
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has today (Wednesday, June 21) officially opened the National Genotyping Programme (NGP) for online...
Beef
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has said that it has engaged with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on...
Agri-Business
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has today (Wednesday, May 31) announced funding for a “major and...
Dairy Technical
The genotyping of the national dairy herd could have a wide range of benefits, but one that could have a...
Beef
There has been another step forward for the genotyping of calves as a stakeholder meeting took place in Dublin yesterday...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is awaiting a decision on whether the new national genotyping programme...
Sheep
Free stock-ram genotyping will be made available to 17 hill groups by Sheep Ireland following positive responses from hill breeding...
Beef News
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is considering how proposals around genotyping the national herd could be...
Dairy Technical
The interest in genotyping animals has increased in Ireland, with it having a number of benefits to farmers and the...
Dairy News
The national dairy herd looks set to be genotyped under a new scheme that will be introduced later this year...