ICBF April 2016 Dairy Bull Proofs Now Published
The latest bull proofs are now available to view in excel format in the ‘genetic evaluations section’ of our website. (more…)
The latest bull proofs are now available to view in excel format in the ‘genetic evaluations section’ of our website. (more…)
The Irish Grassland Association will be holding its 2016 Beef Conference on Wednesday the 27th of April in the Radisson Hotel Limerick. (more…)
The Teagasc/Irish Farmer’s Journal BETTER Farm Beef Conference will take place on Tuesday 19th April in the Tullamore Court Hotel from 1-6pm. (more…)
Farmers can now genotype all their female calves which will allow them to make a more informed decision around breeding and culling potential replacements. This service could cost herd-owners as little as €22/head (more…)
This article is taken from the latest ‘ICBF Beef Breeding Journal’ and it gives guidelines as to what pedigree beef breeders in Ireland need to do to maximise the €uro-Stars of their pedigree cattle.
Kilkelly Defender (KKD) was an Angus bull that was born on the 10th of April 1990. He was bred by Liam O’Grady, Kilkelly, Co.Mayo. His semen was marketed by Dovea Genetics. (more…)
Valdemar (VAR) was a Normande bull that was born on the 12th of March 1984. He was bred by Earl de la Corbinier, France. His semen was marketed by Progressive Genetics. (more…)
This article is taken from the latest ‘ICBF Beef Breeding Journal’ and it explains how performance recording has evolved at the National Bull Performance Test Centre at Tully since its doors opened for the first time in 1974.
Following is the listing of the 5 most popular ICBF web articles that were published on the ICBF website over the last 30 days. The number of reads together with average time spent reading & the publication dates are also shown.