farming36.1% increase for beef breeding in the dairy herd since 2015Use of beef sires is up 7%, for the 1,124,858 dairy calvings in 2020 to mid-April, according to the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF).
farmingChance for Ireland to consolidate its world-leading bovine traceabilityDNA-based calf registration is now feasible, following development of this since 2018 by the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) and the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine (DAFM).
farmingBid to breed cattle which are more feed-efficient and emit less methaneBreeding animals that utilise feed better and which emit less methane is the aim of a two-year research study of 300 cattle at the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) progeny test centre in Tully, Co Kildare.