Suckler Cow Competition Results
A big thanks to everyone who entered a cow into our Suckler Cow competition. The results are now available! (more…)
A big thanks to everyone who entered a cow into our Suckler Cow competition. The results are now available! (more…)
Following are pictures from the Livestock Demo’s that were held three times every day at the Irish Farmers Journal stand. The demonstrations were a joint initiative between the Irish Farmers Journal, Bord Bia & ICBF. (Photo Above:Niall Kilrane (ICBF) (more…)
Following last week’s release of the HerdPlus® Dairy Calving reports, ICBF can report a small slippage in the fertility performance of the national dairy herd. (more…)
ICBF will be present at the National Ploughing Championships this year as part of the Irish Farmers Journal / ICBF / Bord Bia Livestock Demo. (more…)
Loughane Boxer is an Irish bred Piedmontese Bull who was performance tested at Tully and stood at Munster AI Centre.
The ICBF operates a national cattle breeding database. The genetic evaluations and research performed by ICBF is used by farmers and the Irish agri-food industry.
We are currently looking for a Systems Administrator to join the team (more…)
Health and disease are an ever increasing cost on Irish cattle farms. Recent work by ICBF and Teagasc has indicated substantial genetic variation in health and disease traits. (more…)
Kyle Chap is an Irish bred Parthenaise Bull who was performance tested at Tully and stood at Dovea AI Centre.
The following article gives detailed statistics about the number of pedigree & commercial cattle born in Ireland in 2013.