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Beef
Beef Management: Stock bull purchase and utilisiing good weather
Adam Woods
Adam Woods takes a look at some tips when buying a stock bull and getting cattle turned out.
13 March 2025 News
Farmer views: ‘stars aren’t the be all and end all’
We asked suckler farmers to give their opinions on the row between the breed societies and the ICBF star rating system.
5 March 2025 Sucklers
Majority of farmers seeking ICBF changes
Adam Woods talks a look at an Irish Farmers Journal online farmer survey completed last week.
4,500 farmers drop out of SCEP
Adam Woods takes a look at the latest figures on SCEP participation.
5 March 2025 Markets
Letter to the Editor: experience with farmer buyers influenced by star ratings
"I began to select bulls with weighted scores for ease of calving, terminal slaughter weights and milkiness." - name & details with the Editor
19 February 2025 Letters
ICSA lacks confidence in ICBF and Teagasc over star rating system
ICSA suckler chair Jimmy Cosgrave said that the ICBF and Teagasc have failed to engage meaningfully with farmers on the issues arising from the current genetic evaluations.
19 February 2025 News
Beef management: Early grass, calving issues and ICBF bull indexes
In this week's beef management notes Adam Woods takes a look at early grass, calf scour and buying a bull for SCEP.
12 February 2025 Management
‘Our focus must remain on the commercial beef farmer’ - ICBF
Adam Woods and Nevan McKiernan sat down with ICBF boss Sean Coughlan to discuss the recent decision by breed societies not to print indexes in sales catalogues.
12 February 2025 Breeding & health
Editorial: suckler row - ICBF and breeds collide
The move to allow the breed societies a time allocation to vent their frustrations in person this Friday at the stakeholder forum is a positive one.
12 February 2025 Viewpoints
Row between ICBF and breed societies intensifies
Adam Woods has more on the current stand off between ICBF and the breed societies
12 February 2025 Markets
Five breed societies pull Euro-star indices
A number of breed societies have made the decision to move away from printing ICBF indexes in bull sales catalogues.
5 February 2025 Breeding & health
Irish Dexter Cattle Society takes aim at ICBF Euro-star indices
The Irish Dexter Cattle Society is the latest breed society to speak out against the current ICBF Euro-star indices.
5 February 2025 Pedigree