News

It’s that time of year again; calving is beginning or has begun on many farms around Ireland. Three years ago we introduced defect recording online to all farmers (more…)

The latest evaluation figures (Euro-Star and EBI figures) have now been updated and are available to view on every animal in your HerdPlus profiles, Animal Search, Mart Boards, etc. AI bulls have also been updated. (more…)

The 2015 most popular beef AI sires that were used in suckler herds have now been revealed. These lists see a Limousin bull HCA (Hauteclair) come to the top siring a total of 9,763 calves in suckler herds 2015.  (more…)

Since the introduction of the new mart board initiative earlier this year, there have been indexes displayed on over 32,000 animals in 68 locations throughout the country. (more…)

The ICBF animal search facility has had over 2.9 million individual hits for the year to date. This is an impressive statistic and shows just how much dairy and beef farmers, including people from the breeding industry value the animal search. (more…)

Beef HerdPlus is a tool that can benefit everyone no matter what your breeding goals are. The breeding and performance information that herd-owners receive through Beef HerdPlus includes the following;

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The latest bull proofs are now available to view in excel format in the ‘genetic evaluations section’ of our website. (more…)

10 Things To Know About returns with a six-part award, showcasing the weird and wonderful Irish science behind aspects of modern life, from virtual reality to botox and aliens to the Internet of cows. (more…)