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Has the BDGP delivered for suckler farmers?

December 11, 2019

The Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) is an agricultural scheme which was launched by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine…

Winter 2019: What Beef Gene Ireland bulls are available?

December 6, 2019

Agri-Business

The Gene Ireland Maternal Beef Breeding Programme was launched in autumn 2012 and was established by the ICBF (Irish Cattle Breeding Federation) in…

New research reveals what the optimum age at first calving is

December 1, 2019

Dairy

There are many different opinions out there on what the age at first calving should or shouldn’t be. Although the optimum age at…

Research focus: Diving deeper into new findings from ABP Food Group’s R&D farm

November 28, 2019

Beef

ABP Food Group’s R&D farm in Clonegal, Co. Carlow, was established in 2015. The farm is the base for the company’s research on…

Significant scope to reduce the carbon impact of dairy-beef herd – ABP research

November 27, 2019

Beef

Today, Wednesday, September 27, ABP – in conjunction with the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) and Teagasc – has released the latest findings…

New dairy beef programme launched by ICBF

November 21, 2019

Beef

The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF), in collaboration with Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) and the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine, has launched…

ICBF and Teagasc to pilot new calf index for spring 2020

October 23, 2019

Beef

A new calf index is set to be piloted next spring in a bid to address the looming influx of dairy-bred calves for…

3 bulls announced for the Dairy Gene Ireland programme

October 13, 2019

Dairy

The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has just released the latest list of dairy bulls which have been selected for its Gene Ireland Autumn…

Slight drop in the fertility performance of the national herd

September 1, 2019

Dairy

The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has reported a slight decrease in the fertility performance of the national dairy herd. This follows the…

Possibility of ‘improving the accuracy of genomic evaluations’

August 6, 2019

Dairy

New research – completed by the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) – revealed that the accuracy of genomic evaluations could be further improved…

Higher-rated cows ‘producing the goods’ under BEEP

July 27, 2019

Beef

Initial analysis from the recently introduced Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot (BEEP) scheme shows that higher rated cows are producing the goods. Speaking on…

Little difference between total calf births in 2019 vs. 2018

June 21, 2019

Dairy

Growing dairy cow numbers and the fall in beef births looks to have almost evened out total calf births for 2019 and 2018.…

Creed reveals ‘simplification’ of BDGP requirements

June 14, 2019

Beef

A “simplification” of requirements under the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP), in relation to the eligibility of stock bulls, has been announced…

Beef use increases by 25% while Jersey use falls by 20%

May 31, 2019

Dairy

There has been a large increase in beef AI usage on the national dairy herd, for this year, according to figures from the…

ICBF records financial surplus in its 20th year

May 29, 2019

Beef

The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has recorded a small financial surplus in the year 2018, according to a report released by the…

Why this pedigree breeder uses the Stockbull Finder to sell his Shorthorn bulls

May 13, 2019

“I have had a lot of enquiries from farmers looking for a new bull through the Stockbull Finder. “These are farmers from all…

Deadline looming for stock bull genomic samples

May 10, 2019

Beef

The deadline is fast approaching for genomic sample testing for stock bulls, the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has warned. Wednesday, May 15, is…

Dairy-origin bulls average 1.70kg/day and achieve an average kill out of 52%

April 25, 2019

Beef

The Gene Ireland Progeny test centre at Tully, Co. Kildare, recently slaughtered 30 dairy-bred bulls at Slaney Foods International, Bunclody, Co. Wexford. The…

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