Beef
Majority of breed societies 'a no-show' at BEEF 2018
The decision by a number of Ireland’s pedigree beef breed societies not to exhibit at Teagasc’s BEEF 2018 event has been...
Beef
The decision by a number of Ireland’s pedigree beef breed societies not to exhibit at Teagasc’s BEEF 2018 event has been...
Beef
There is a “general unhappiness” among Ireland’s pedigree beef breed societies with the structure of the board of the Irish...
Beef
The Gigginstown Angus herd, owned by well-known business man Michael O’Leary and managed by Joe O’Mahony, has shed light on...
Beef
A number of Ireland’s pedigree beef breed societies met this week to discuss concerns relating to the direction that the...
Beef
Farmers who intend to breed their own replacement heifers to meet the female requirement under the Beef Data and Genomics...
Beef
The Irish Grassland Association Beef Conference and Farm Walk – which was sponsored by MSD Animal Health and Mullinahone Co-op...
Beef
The Irish Grassland Association Beef Conference and Farm Walk – which was sponsored by MSD Animal Health and Mullinahone Co-op...
Beef
The decreasing trend in beef calf registrations has continued, recent figures released by the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) show....
CAP / Schemes
Suckler farming is at a “crucial turning point” with current productivity gains all moving in the right direction, the Irish...
Dairy
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation recently outlined how genomically-selected bulls perform in relation to daughter-proven bulls. On average, the ICBF...
Dairy
A software glitch detected by the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) momentarily “rocked farmer confidence” in genetic evaluations, Sean Coughlan,...
Beef
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) ended 2017 with a small financial surplus after enduring a challenging year in terms...
Dairy
The Economic Breeding Index (EBI) has delivered €750 million of additional value to the dairy sector over the last 20 years,...
Beef
It has recently emerged that the Irish Limousin Cattle Society has decided not to make it mandatory for its breeders...
Beef
Euro-Star Indexes should not be linked to a scheme such as the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP), according to the...
Beef
This evening (Tuesday, May 22) the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) was discussed at length during a meeting of...
Beef
Some 130,000 Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) tissue tag samples have been returned to date the Irish Cattle Breeding...
Beef
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has released a county-by-county breakdown of the beef cow population figures to determine which...