
Beef
Big changes in ICBF's January 2023 sire evaluations
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation’s (ICBF’s) January 2023 evaluation figures are now available for all dairy and beef animals. This...
Beef
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation’s (ICBF’s) January 2023 evaluation figures are now available for all dairy and beef animals. This...
Dairy Technical
Some 877,974 dairy-sired calves were born to dairy cows on Irish farms in 2022, with 602,179 registered to artificial insemination (AI) sires....
Agri-Business
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has announced that Dr. Andrew Cromie is to resign from his role as technical...
Dairy Technical
The new carbon sub-index for the economic breeding index (EBI) was launched today (Wednesday, November 16) at Corrin Mart in...
Dairy
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has welcomed the launch of the new carbon sub-index as a...
Agri-Business
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has won the Smart Technology Innovation Award at this year’s Leaders Awards. For over 15...
Dairy Technical
Total calf registrations for 2022 have now surpassed 2.3 million, according to the latest data from the Irish Cattle Breeding...
Beef
The Gene Ireland panel of high index beef bulls for autumn 2022 has been launched by the Irish Cattle Breeding...
Beef
Beef farmers are being reminded that time is running out to record weights as part of the Beef Environmental Efficiency...
Dairy Technical
The October evaluations released by the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) on Tuesday (October 4) highlighted once again, a major...
Beef
A series of special sales comprising female cattle that are eligible for the Beef Data Genomics Programme (BDGP) will be...
Agri-Business
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has revealed the most popular artificial insemination (AI) beef sires used on the suckler...
Dairy Technical
Dairy calving statistics play an important role in understanding what is happening in the national dairy herd. The information they...
Dairy Technical
Controlling somatic cell counts (SCC) on farms is vital in preventing mastitis and ensuring that maximum prices are achieved on...
Dairy Technical
The Irish Cattle Breeders Federation (ICBF) has released the list of the most popular bulls for the first six months...
Dairy Technical
According to the latest data from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) on milk recording 1,055,932 cows, from 9,031 herds,...
Beef
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has released the 2022 HerdPlus Beef Calving reports which aims to give farmers an...
Beef
Over 170,000 animals, or 86,215 cow/calf pairs have been weighed so far this year as part of the Beef Environmental...