September Evaluation Now Live
The September 2024 evaluation figures are now available for all dairy and beef animals. The ICBF Animal Search, Active Bull Lists…
SCEP In-Person Training Sessions
SCEP in-person training sessions are running from next Monday 30 September to Friday 04 October. These sessions are aimed at assisting…
New ICBF Commercial Female Euro-Star Catalogue
ICBF has recently launched an improved Commercial Euro-Star Catalogue for beef females. The catalogue is available for marts to generate for…
Ensure all data is recorded and up to date for your 2025 Dairy Pocket Notebook!
To ensure that all expected calving dates are included in your personalised Dairy Pocket Notebook for Spring 2025, all serves and…
How to link Contract Reared animals back to your HerdPlus profile
Contract rearing involves the movement of replacement heifers from the owner’s farm for rearing on contract by another farmer. Dairy farmers contract out the rearing of their dairy heifers to maximise land on their milking platforms and free up facilities and labour. (more…)
See you at #Ploughing2024
Similar to previous years, ICBF staff will support the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine stand with any SCEP-related queries.…
“How can 2 full siblings have different index figures?”
For the majority of us, we are lucky enough to have brothers and sisters, siblings who we share the same parentage with. Does this mean that we are the exact same as our ‘full brothers’ and ‘full sisters’? (more…)
Why was €49 added to the Replacement Index?
As part of the November 2023 improvements to the Euro-Star indexes, the background economic model was updated. The value of each…
Are older animals excluded in the Euro-Star Indexes?
The short answer is, no. Data from all animals is included in the Euro-Star evaluation process, provided it meets certain criteria,…