The new stockbull finder is available on the ICBF website from Monday 25 September and is exclusive to herds participating in the WHPR.
The ICBF’s Pat Donnellan explains that the finder acts as a sales section for beef pedigree breeders, with young bulls from participating herds constantly advertised for sale while in the herd.
Benefits
Donnellan heralded the new initiative as being hugely beneficial to both commercial and pedigree breeders and thanked the breed societies and pedigree breeders for their co-operation and support in getting the stockbull finder live.
How does it work?
After a participating pedigree herd gets its whole-herd visit completed with the ICBF scorer, all of the pedigree bulls that were present at the visit (10 months to three years old) are automatically put up on the stockbull finder. The breeder’s contact details are also displayed to facilitate sales enquiries.Pedigree breeders who are in the WHPR programme can manage their bulls through their Herdplus logins. When logged in, they can;Take bulls off the stockbull finder (not for sale, injured, etc)Add photos and enter comments about their bullsThe stockbull finder is one of the biggest reasons pedigree breeders are joining up to the WHPR programme, as it automatically advertises their bulls for sale after their WHPR visit. There is now a critical mass of over 500 pedigree breeders in the programme, which ensures that as many breeds and parts of the country as possible are covered before commercial farmers start looking up bulls to buy on it. The stockbull finder is unique, as it is the only search engine for beef bulls in Ireland where all of the bulls have been independently weighed and scored by the ICBF before being displayed. All of the €uro-Star details have come straight out of the ICBF database. All of the bull’s weight recording, ancestry and genomic details are also shown. The breeder can also put up photos and comments about their bull(s). So from a bull purchaser’s point of view, all of the information needed to make a decision has been gathered together in one location and has been verified by the ICBF and the various breed societies.Step 1:
Go to www.icbf.com and click on the stockbull finder logo on the home page.
Step 2:
Put in your search criteria as regards:
Location: You can select individual counties or do a country-wide search.Breed: Select your preferred breed(s) of bull(s).Stars: Set your €uro-Star cut-offs.Step 3:
Scroll through the bulls that came back from your search. Click on the owner’s name to get the phone number to ring, to enquire about possibly buying the bull.
For example, the following is what the stockbull finder brings back when the following criteria are put into it:
Location: CorkBreed: LimousinStars: Five-star replacement index
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The new stockbull finder is available on the ICBF website from Monday 25 September and is exclusive to herds participating in the WHPR.
The ICBF’s Pat Donnellan explains that the finder acts as a sales section for beef pedigree breeders, with young bulls from participating herds constantly advertised for sale while in the herd.
Benefits
Donnellan heralded the new initiative as being hugely beneficial to both commercial and pedigree breeders and thanked the breed societies and pedigree breeders for their co-operation and support in getting the stockbull finder live.
How does it work?
After a participating pedigree herd gets its whole-herd visit completed with the ICBF scorer, all of the pedigree bulls that were present at the visit (10 months to three years old) are automatically put up on the stockbull finder. The breeder’s contact details are also displayed to facilitate sales enquiries.Pedigree breeders who are in the WHPR programme can manage their bulls through their Herdplus logins. When logged in, they can;Take bulls off the stockbull finder (not for sale, injured, etc)Add photos and enter comments about their bullsThe stockbull finder is one of the biggest reasons pedigree breeders are joining up to the WHPR programme, as it automatically advertises their bulls for sale after their WHPR visit. There is now a critical mass of over 500 pedigree breeders in the programme, which ensures that as many breeds and parts of the country as possible are covered before commercial farmers start looking up bulls to buy on it. The stockbull finder is unique, as it is the only search engine for beef bulls in Ireland where all of the bulls have been independently weighed and scored by the ICBF before being displayed. All of the €uro-Star details have come straight out of the ICBF database. All of the bull’s weight recording, ancestry and genomic details are also shown. The breeder can also put up photos and comments about their bull(s). So from a bull purchaser’s point of view, all of the information needed to make a decision has been gathered together in one location and has been verified by the ICBF and the various breed societies.Step 1:
Go to www.icbf.com and click on the stockbull finder logo on the home page.
Step 2:
Put in your search criteria as regards:
Location: You can select individual counties or do a country-wide search.Breed: Select your preferred breed(s) of bull(s).Stars: Set your €uro-Star cut-offs.Step 3:
Scroll through the bulls that came back from your search. Click on the owner’s name to get the phone number to ring, to enquire about possibly buying the bull.
For example, the following is what the stockbull finder brings back when the following criteria are put into it:
Location: CorkBreed: LimousinStars: Five-star replacement index
Read more
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