Beef
BEEP: '5-star cows were the lightest, yet produced the heaviest calves at 200 days'
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has recently issued ‘Weaning Performance Reports’ to all herds that participated in the Beef...
Beef
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has recently issued ‘Weaning Performance Reports’ to all herds that participated in the Beef...
Dairy
With the 2020 breeding season fast approaching, the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) have released a list of the most popular dairy...
Dairy
The number of dairy-bred calves born – so far this year – is up by over 62,300 head or by...
Dairy
Get priority access to the next generation of genetics through Ireland’s progeny test programme, Gene Ireland. Gene Ireland, which is...
Beef
Farmers participating in the Beef Data Genomics Programme (BDGP) have been reminded of the requirement that 50% of their suckler...
CAP / Schemes
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has said it is “hopeful” the second Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot (BEEP) scheme will...
Agri Politics
Management of the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) have been called on by local senator Tim Lombard to reconsider its decision to...
Dairy
Just 16% of the entire Irish bovine population are genotyped, with a massive 15% of these animals having parentage errors. That...
Beef
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) board has approved the implementation of changes to the dairy Economic Breeding Index (EBI)...
Beef
Reducing methane production enhances on-farm profitability, according to the preliminary findings of a potentially game-changing international project involving Teagasc, the...
Dairy
New changes are set to be made to both the dairy Economic Breeding Index (EBI) and the calving difficulty evaluation....
Beef
The Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) is an agricultural scheme which was launched by the Department of Agriculture, Food...
Agri-Business
The Gene Ireland Maternal Beef Breeding Programme was launched in autumn 2012 and was established by the ICBF (Irish Cattle...
Dairy
There are many different opinions out there on what the age at first calving should or shouldn’t be. Although the...
Beef
ABP Food Group’s R&D farm in Clonegal, Co. Carlow, was established in 2015. The farm is the base for the...
Beef
Today, Wednesday, September 27, ABP – in conjunction with the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) and Teagasc – has released...
Beef
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF), in collaboration with Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) and the Department of Agriculture, Food and...
Beef
A new calf index is set to be piloted next spring in a bid to address the looming influx of...