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Gene Ireland Beef

Want to know more about the Gene Ireland Beef Programme? Here is a helpful article explaining the purpose of the programme and its relevance to both pedigree and commercial farmers.

No change at the Top!

Pat Flynn remains at the top of our 'Top 200 Herds on EBI' listing. His EBI is €234 with €30 coming from Milk Sub-Index and €174 from Fertility.

Beef HerdPlus Journal

The 2014/2015 Beef HerdPlus Journal have been posted to all our Beef HerdPlus members. This years Journal is better than ever with over 80 pages of breeding information, beef statistics, farmer interviews and advice on using Euro-Stars and the HerdPlus web site.

Upcoming Improvements

ICBF leads industry collaboration to advance sustainable farming by improving genetic gain in the national herd and providing collaborative, data driven AgTech solutions

Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP)

Click here for more details on the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme

CATTLE WEIGHING SCALES RENTAL SERVICE

Click here for more information on cattle weighing services.

ICBF Database in Numbers

Genotypes
1 Million

There are over 4M Genotypes in the national database and counting. ICBF is the largest Beef Genomics database in the world.

SNPs
1 Billion

That’s ‘Billion’ with a ‘B’ (Over 80 times the population of China). SNPs are the most common type of genetic variation between animals.

Pieces of Data
1 Billion

There are over 1 Billion pieces of phenotypic (non genomic) data stored on the ICBF database. 

ICBF on Mobile

icbf web application

Download the new ICBF HerdPlus App

animal search

Search for EBI and €uro-Star figures on the animals in the ICBF Database

icbf weight recording

Record live weights for your cattle on to the ICBF database from your phone.

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Empowering sustainable farming through collaboration and excellence in genetics and big data solutions

If you’re looking to develop your career, stretch your ambitions and work for a company that has the ability to succeed on the global stage, ours is a journey you’ll want to share.