Beef
Beef heifers from the dairy herd make the grade
After a 59-day finishing period 50 dairy origin beef heifers from the Gene Ireland Progeny test centre at Tully, Co....
Beef
After a 59-day finishing period 50 dairy origin beef heifers from the Gene Ireland Progeny test centre at Tully, Co....
Beef
Speaking at the 2018 Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) Genetics Conference, Stephan Conroy of ICBF described the research project that...
Beef
The BDGP is an agricultural scheme which was launched in May 2015 and is designed to improve the genetic merit...
Agri-Business
Beef and dairy cattle breeders should “start with a goal”, and “write down what they want to achieve”, in order...
Beef
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) recently published 2018 beef calving statistics, which is aimed to give suckler farmers an insight...
Beef
The decreasing trend in suckler calf registrations has continued, recent figures released by the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) show....
Beef
After an 84-day finishing period, high replacement index sired bulls – from the Gene Ireland Progeny test centre at Tully,...
Beef
Just over 2.19 million calf births have been registered to beef and dairy dams so far this year, figures from...
Agri-Business
The HerdPlus service C.O.W. (Cow’s Own Worth) scooped the silver award in Science at the National Dairy Innovation Awards last...
Beef
Figures have pointed to a slight reduction in the number of calves registered to beef cows – suckler calvings in...
Agri-Business
A communications strategy and consultation process will be vital to the roll-out of the Government’s new €20 million Beef Environmental...
Beef
Case study of a bull’s €uro-Stars changing – Wilodge Cerberus (WGE) A question that has puzzled cattle breeders and beef...
Beef
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) recently released data outlining the top 20 most popular beef AI sires in suckler...
Beef
To ensure that farmers meet the requirements of the BDGP (Beef Data and Genomics Programme), Teagasc has outlined a number...
Beef
The number of calves born to beef dams – suckler calf registrations in other words – have fallen significantly since...
Beef
As part of the Gene Ireland Beef Programme, the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) recently made the decision to move...
Beef
To date almost 40 million data records have been documented by Irish farmers through the Beef Data Genomics Programme (BDGP)...
Beef
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation’s (ICBF’s) ‘Animal Search’ facility is set to hit record usage levels in 2018, with over...