Dairy News
ICBF: Genotyping sees 'significant increase' in sire verification
Almost 94% of calves born from January 1 to March 20, 2024 have been verified to a sire under the...
national genotyping programme
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations head towards 1.4m for year-to-date
The total number of calf registrations on Irish farms has reached 1,349,492 head for the year-to-date based on the latest...
Dairy News
Almost 450,000 calves genotyped so far this year - ICBF
The Irish Cattle Breeders Federation (ICBF) has said that 448,123 calves have been genotyped to date under the National Genotyping...
Dairy Technical
Dairy calf registrations surpass 980,000 head
The total number of calf registrations to dairy dams has reached 982,981, with total registrations reaching 1,134,940. The data from...
Dairy
Genotyping: Increase of 1 day turnaround time from birth to passport issued
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has today (Tuesday, March 19) confirmed that the turnaround time for calf passports issued...
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations: 1 million mark reached for 2024
The total number of calf registrations up until March 15, 2024 has reached 1,015,238 head, based on data from the...
Dairy Technical
Over 360,000 passports issued from genotyping programme
The National Genotyping Programme (NGP) is now in week 11, with 367,037 passports issued from the programme to date. The...
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations approach the €1m mark for 2024
The total number of calf registrations up until March 8, 2024 has reached 874,561 head, based on data from the...
Dairy Technical
Over 300,000 passports issued for calves in genotyping programme
The National Genotyping Programme (NGP) is in its 10th week, with over 300,000 passports now having been issued. In the...
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations rise to over 700,000 head to date
Calf registrations for 2024 have reached 707,825 head, with 112,150 calves being registered in the last week. The data from...
Dairy Technical
Turnaround time for genotyping programme increases to 13.3 days
The National Genotyping Programme (NGP) is now in week nine, with close to 218,000 passports issued so far in 2024....
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations from dairy dams fall by 100,000 to date
The latest data for calf registrations from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) shows that the number of calves registered...
Beef
Delay in issuing of blue cards 'clogging up' busiest months
The delay in the issuing of calf ‘blue cards’ as a result of slow turnaround times on genotyping is “clogging-up”...
Agri-Business
ICBF improving genotyping programme after farmer concerns
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has said that it is making a number of improvements to the National Genotyping...
Dairy Technical
Calf registrations surplus 300,000 for 2024
Calf registrations have now reached 314,424 head for 2024, with 96,628 registered in the last week based on Irish Cattle...
Dairy News
12.5-day turnaround on genotyping programme samples
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) says that on average, it is taking 12.5 days from birth to receiving the...
Beef
ICBF to publish genomic results of 620k cows and heifers
Genomic results of over 620,000 cows and heifers are set to be published today (Friday, January 26) by the Irish...
Beef
SCEP applicants encouraged to sign up for NGP
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) is encouraging all farmers with herds in the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) to...