Bull Nostalgia: Derg Alan
Derg Alan (DGA) was a Limousin bull that was born on the 11th of March 1985. He was bred by J.Allen, Strabane, Co.Tyrone and stood at the Doonally House AI Centre (now Progressive Genetics/Munster). (more…)
Derg Alan (DGA) was a Limousin bull that was born on the 11th of March 1985. He was bred by J.Allen, Strabane, Co.Tyrone and stood at the Doonally House AI Centre (now Progressive Genetics/Munster). (more…)
The latest HerdPlus Beef Bull Tracker reports are now available for viewing online under the reports section. (more…)
Michael Doran was elected as the new Chairman of the ICBF Board of Directors at a meeting of the ICBF board in Portloaise at the start of the month. (more…)
Friday 29th July marks the official deadline for the submission of all 2015 genotype samples and 2015 calf data as part of the BDGP. There was some confusion following a letter received by BDGP participants recently regarding this deadline. (more…)
The latest addition to the ICBF presentations page is a presentation on Multi-breed Genomic Evaluations for 1 Million Beef Cattle in Ireland put together by Dr. Andrew Cromie ICBF with the help of other contributors.
Following the release of the Dairy and Beef AI bull usage lists the 2015 Top Beef AI on Dairy usage list has now been released. This list sees an Angus bull make the top of this list. (more…)
The 2015 Top Beef and Dairy AI bull usage lists have now been released. This list sees a Limousin bull make the top of the Beef list. (more…)
Replacement Beef Heifers are sourced by Irish Suckler farmers in many different ways . With the BDGP scheme there has never been as much focus in this area. Every suckler farmer has his/her own story as to how they source theirs, ICBF would like to capture as many of these stories as possible.
We are delighted to introduce our new ‘Animal Search’ facility which now allows ICBF users to search for females in HerdPlus/BDGP herds. (more…)