The March 2022 Evaluation will be published on 22nd March. The final date to have any DNA samples (hair/tissue/AI straws returned to ICBF to have genomic evaluation published in March 2022, is December 29th 2021. (more…)
ICBF are currently recruiting for the position of ‘Software Developer Graduate Programme’. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on innovative projects in an open, supportive, collaborative environment, using a combination of the latest technologies. (more…)
The Commercial Beef Value (CBV) is a new tool for non-breeding beef farmers which will give them a better insight into an animal’s genetic merit. It comprises five traits from the Terminal Index that are important to a non-breeding drystock enterprise (more…)
We are very happy to invite you to the Dair’Innov congress that will be held in Namur from April 27th until 29th. This event is co-organized by the European project HappyMoo and the Austrian project D4Dairy. (more…)
We would like to remind BDGP farmers to return any outstanding genotype samples , Carbon Navigators and BDGP animal data recording…
The November 2021 evaluation figures are now available for all dairy and beef animals. The ICBF Animal Search, Active Bull Lists and Stock Bull Finder have all been updated. (more…)
The national Beef herd stands at 936,773 cows as the population continues to decline. When we look at the last 5…
The National dairy cow population is continually increasing, despite challenging conditions in recent years. Total dairy cow numbers for 2021 (as…
The Beef Sector Efficiency Programmes include the Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme Sucklers (BEEP-S) and the Dairy Beef Calf Programme. The closing date for completion of the weighing is fast approaching in both schemes as 5:30 on Monday November 1st is the deadline for having weights recorded onto the ICBF database. (more…)