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As autumn approaches, Irish dairy farmers enter one of the most critical periods of the production...
Beef
Over 144,000 beef-sired calves have been exported from Ireland this year, figures obtained by...
Calf registrations have reached 175,646 head for 2025, with 90,020 registered in the past week...
Agri-Business
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has said that nearly 4,400 herds have applied to join...
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has said that expanding the National Genotyping...
The deadline for applications to the National Genotyping Programme (NGP) has been extended by an...
Pregnancy diagnosis is a vital part of managing fertility and productivity in dairy herds. One...
Featured
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has reopened applications for the National Genotyping...
The national bovine genotyping programme is set to be re-opened for new applicants, the Minister...
N.Ireland
Genotyping Northern Ireland’s entire cattle population will help revolutionise its dairy and beef...
Dairy
It is vital for a farmer to prioritise controlling somatic cell count (SCC), as it is a key a...
There is strong demand for wool shedding sheep across the UK and Ireland, with the continuing...
Dairy News
Almost 94% of calves born from January 1 to March 20, 2024 have been verified to a sire under the...
With labour becoming harder to source, more farmers are turning to smart farming technologies to...
The Irish Cattle Breeders Federation (ICBF) has said that 448,123 calves have been genotyped to...
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has today (Tuesday, March 12)...
Dairy Technical
The National Genotyping Programme (NGP) is now in week nine, with close to 218,000 passports issued...
The delay in the issuing of calf 'blue cards' as a result of slow turnaround times on genotyping is...
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has said that it is making a number of improvements to...
Genomic results of over 620,000 cows and heifers are set to be published today (Friday, January 26)...
The deadline for applications to the National Genotyping Programme (NGP) has been extended by...
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has today (Wednesday, June 21) officially opened the...
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has said that it has engaged with the Department of Agriculture, Food...
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has today (Wednesday, May 31)...
The genotyping of the national dairy herd could have a wide range of benefits, but one that could...
There has been another step forward for the genotyping of calves as a stakeholder meeting took...
