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15 February deadline for SCEP information

Any outstanding survey or event recording information for the 2025 scheme year must be recorded by 15 February 2026 to maximise payments.

SCHEMES 21 January 2026

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Meet the sires at the top of the ICBF Active bull lists

Meet the sires at the top of the ICBF Active bull lists

PEDIGREE 14 January 2026

10% drop in calf exports expected this year

10% drop in calf exports expected this year

NEWS 7 January 2026

Dairy Management: bull selection for 2026

Dairy Management: bull selection for 2026

Dairy Management: bull selection for 2026

MANAGEMENT 23 December 2025

December calf prices doubled on 2024 - ICBF

December calf prices doubled on 2024 - ICBF

December calf prices doubled on 2024 - ICBF

NEWS 10 December 2025

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ICBF Beef Quality Awards: award presentations highlight best in class

ICBF Beef Quality Awards: award presentations highlight best in class

The 24 winners spread across the six processors were recently presented with their awards for the high-quality beef being produced while utilising the CBV index. Martin Merrick reports.

NEWS 15 November 2025

FBD Trust marks milestone

FBD Trust marks milestone

The FBD Trust has dispensed over €70m to a bewildering variety of organsiations and projects across rural Ireland over the last 50 years.

DEALER 15 November 2025

ICBF Beef Quality Awards: dairy farmer finisher

ICBF Beef Quality Awards: dairy farmer finisher

Martin Merrick and Tommy Moyles take a look at the final award winners for the inaugural CBV awards; dairy farmer finishers.

MANAGEMENT 15 November 2025

Home Farm: starting our solar journey

Home Farm: starting our solar journey

We dithered as to whether the wire should be buried beneath the yard or brought around overhead by being attached to the existing outhouses.

VIEWPOINTS 15 November 2025

850,000 samples genotyped so far in 2025

850,000 samples genotyped so far in 2025

Aidan Brennan looks at some of the statistics from the National Genotyping Programme and asks what's going to happen when the programme ends.

TAGGING 15 November 2025

ICBF Beef Quality Awards: dairy beef finisher

ICBF Beef Quality Awards: dairy beef finisher

Adam Woods and Martin Merrick profile the winners of the dairy beef section for ICBF’s Beef Quality Awards.

MANAGEMENT 15 November 2025

The science of breeding show calves

The science of breeding show calves

Prof David Kenny, head of the Teagasc Animal and Bioscience Research Department in Grange, Dunsany, Co Meath, takes a look at the science of breeding show calves.

BREEDING & HEALTH 15 November 2025

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Why this Antrim contractor moved to Amazone ploughs

Ryan Bole is part of J Wilson Contracts in Co Antrim. Available for all kinds of work from slurry to reseeding, sowing to silage, today they are ploughing for potatoes with two Amazone ploughs.

Why this Antrim contractor moved to Amazone ploughs

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