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Pedigree
Aubrac the breed of choice for Laois herd
Nevan McKiernan
Nevan McKiernan reports from the Irish Aubrac Cattle Society open day held on Cathal and William Bannon's farm at the weekend.
5 October 2024 Breeding & health
Ticking the SCEP boxes in 2024
Adam Woods takes a look at some of the key requirements to make sure you receive you SCEP payment in 2024.
4 October 2024 Advertisers' anouncements
Reducing stress on man and beast
Justin Walsh runs a one-man operation and manages a herd of 95 beef cows and heifers at the foot of the Hill of Tara in Co Meath, along with his farming business, Justin also weighs cattle for ICBF.
Everything on show except the money at ABP demo farm
Adam Woods reports from the ABP dairy calf-to-beef demo farm open day, which took place last week in Carlow.
18 September 2024 Breeding & health
Revealed: top 10 beef bulls for suckler herds
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation has released the figures for the sires with the most serves recorded during the first six months of 2024.
8 September 2024 News
Letter re ICBF stakeholder forum
"ICBF fiddles, as the suckler sector burns" - Emmanuel O'Dea, Irish Simmental Cattle Society
21 August 2024 Letters
Dawn Meats launches new €4.4m programme for beef farmers
Participating farmers will receive payments for achieving emissions targets in the 'Activate' initiative. Fifty farmers are already participating, with a further 150 to be recruited.
21 August 2024 News
National Genotyping Programme deadline extended
Farmers who are involved in the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme are encouraged to apply to the National Genotyping Programme and they can receive double tissue calf tags.
19 August 2024 News
200 farmers wanted for new Teagasc beef project
All farmers who take part in the new Beef Quest project will receive free weight performance monitoring and forage analysis.
19 August 2024 News
Genotyping programme deadline of 20 August approaching fast
The ICBF is targeting herds participating in SCEP with these herds given priority in the application process.
14 August 2024 News
What’s on in the Sustainable Livestock Village?
Adam Woods takes a look at this year’s Sustainable Livestock Village and what visitors to the village can see during the day.
7 August 2024 Tullamore Show
Cattle genotyping programme to re-open next week
Over 10,600 farmers are currently enrolled in the scheme and over 1.3 million animals have been genotyped to date.
2 August 2024 News