Beef
More breed societies vote 'no confidence' in Euro-Star indices
Two additional cattle breed societies have expressed no confidence in the revised Euro-star evaluations. The Irish Parthenaise Cattle Society has...
ICBF
Beef
Charolais society to remove indices from sale catalogues
The Irish Charolais Cattle Society is the latest society to decide not to print figures or star ratings on catalogues...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Beef
Salers society to withdraw indices from sale catalogues
The Irish Salers Cattle Society has decided not to print figures or star ratings on catalogues for its society cattle...
Beef Technical
Table: Good, average and poor CBVs for calves by breed
More and more farmers are becoming aware of the commercial beef value (CBV) and its importance in determining the genetic...
Dairy
Proposed new changes in the EBI could be introduced later this year
Proposed new changes could be in the pipeline for the Economic Breeding Index (EBI) this year according to the genetics...
Dairy
Should TB resistance be factored into your breeding plan?
Now that farmers are receiving their spring 2025 dairy and beef sires catalogues, is TB resistance and other health traits...
Beef
IBLA 'fully backs' Simmental society move on ICBF evaluations
The Irish Beef and Lamb Association (IBLA) has said that it “fully backs” decisions made at the recent annual general...
Dairy
ICBF: New 'Mart Tracker' tool goes live
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) ‘Mart Tracker’ – an online tool which will allow farmers to see what animals...
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RDS Announces Opening of Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development Awards
In its sixth year, the RDS Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development Awards celebrates the work of individuals, farming families and...
Beef
Failure to provide scales for SCEP inspection will result in a penalty
Farmers are being reminded that failure to provide a weighing scales for an on-farm inspection for the Suckler Carbon Efficiency...
Dairy
ICBF launches new Nitrates Calculator to assist farmers
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has launched a new nitrates calculator that HerdPlus farmers and their agricultural advisors can...
Beef
Teagasc seeks tenders for weighing cattle as part of Beef-Quest
Teagasc has invited tenders for the service to record live weights of beef cattle, across over 200 farms, at different...
Beef
ICSA slams exclusion of farmer-recorded weights in ICBF stats
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has strongly criticised the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) for excluding calf...
Beef
Table: ICBF outlines weight data included in evaluations
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has recently made available information on the volume of weight-related data that is currently...
Dairy
ICBF upgrade may lead to 'intermittent disruption to services'
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has said that a planned upgrade to improve efficiency may lead to “intermittent disruption...
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Opti-Skim trumps calf milk replacer with newest edition
Auctus has now launched the newest edition to its calf milk replacer product range. There are now seven calf milk...
Dairy
ICBF: 'Technical issues' cause delays in genotype results
A number of farmers have claimed to have experienced delays in receiving their results on genotype information for calves born...
Beef
ICBF: Large number of herds still to record SCEP weights
Latest figures from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) shows that as of Thursday, October 24, just over 3,000 suckler...
CAP / Schemes
ICBF: Almost 4,400 herds apply to join genotyping programme
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has said that nearly 4,400 herds have applied to join the National Genotyping Programme...
Beef News
Table: Top 10 AI bulls used on suckler cows this year
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has recently published data on the top 10 artificial insemination sires (AI bulls) used...