At last week’s Teagasc Virtual Beef Conference, the new Commercial Beef Value was launched. This new selection tool for farmers with non breeding herds will have particular relevance to herds that are purchasing animals to bring to finish. (more…)
Our partner company Sheep Ireland are now recruiting for the position of ‘Full Time Business Analyst’ (more…)
ICBF has commenced a series of online beef discussion groups this week which are running in conjunction with Teagasc. These two hour meetings are taking place with Teagasc advisors from across the country and their respective discussion groups. (more…)
The March 2022 Evaluation will be published on 22nd March. The final date to have any DNA samples (hair/tissue/AI straws returned to ICBF to have genomic evaluation published in March 2022, is December 29th 2021. (more…)
ICBF are currently recruiting for the position of ‘Software Developer Graduate Programme’. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on innovative projects in an open, supportive, collaborative environment, using a combination of the latest technologies. (more…)
The Commercial Beef Value (CBV) is a new tool for non-breeding beef farmers which will give them a better insight into an animal’s genetic merit. It comprises five traits from the Terminal Index that are important to a non-breeding drystock enterprise (more…)
We are very happy to invite you to the Dair’Innov congress that will be held in Namur from April 27th until 29th. This event is co-organized by the European project HappyMoo and the Austrian project D4Dairy. (more…)
We would like to remind BDGP farmers to return any outstanding genotype samples , Carbon Navigators and BDGP animal data recording…
The November 2021 evaluation figures are now available for all dairy and beef animals. The ICBF Animal Search, Active Bull Lists and Stock Bull Finder have all been updated. (more…)