Beef
Pics: Spring 2017 Gene Ireland bull team rolled out
Farmers have been given the opportunity to use some of the best up and coming bulls in their herds through...
Beef
Farmers have been given the opportunity to use some of the best up and coming bulls in their herds through...
Beef
Some 683,897 calf births have been registered on Irish beef and dairy farms so far this year, the latest figures...
Dairy
The latest figures from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation has identified the top 2,000 Economic Breeding Index cows in the...
Beef
ICBF has extended the date by which some farmers can chose the cattle they want to have genomically tested or...
Dairy
The top 200 EBI (Economic Breeding Index) herds in the country have been revealed by the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation...
Dairy
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) is asking farmers to report calves born with genetic defects in order to identify...
Beef
In total, 35% of beef pedigree calves born in Ireland in 2015 were bred from foreign sires, statistics from the...
Beef
Data from over 32,000 cattle have been displayed on new boards that were installed in marts across the country earlier...
Beef
The number of beef births occurring on Irish farms this year has lagged considerably on 2015, figures from the ICBF...
Dairy
A fall in the number of winter liquid milk producers looks likely, as dairy calvings have dropped during the months...
Agri-Business
In response to an Agriland poll, 63% of farmers have said that they intend on opting out of paying the...
Beef
Earlier this year it was confirmed that farmers would be able to opt out of paying Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) levies when...
Beef
The most up to date figures from the ICBF show that total beef births continue to lag behind 2015 by...
Beef
ICBF, through its Gene Ireland Programme, has made AI straws available from some of the countries up and coming bulls....
Beef
Some 33 marts across the country are now displaying Euro-Star and EBI figures on their mart boards, according to the Irish...
Beef
Dairy calvings have continued to lead the way in 2016, with the total number of dairy calf registrations up 5.6%...
Beef
Farmers will be given the opportunity to buy a top-rated AI bull, as the ICBF are to sell six of...
Dairy
The ICBF has revealed that the base cow – the genetic reference point for the EBI of all dairy cattle in...