Beef
One aspects highlighted at the open day was how Ballyvadin farm determines what price it is willing to pay for calves it buys in every year.
When it comes to looking at the CBV of a calf, "what you don't want to do is give a five-star price for a one-star calf".
The Commercial Beef Value (CBV) is in its fifth season, and its impact is increasingly substantially in marts and farms across the country.
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Speaking to Agriland, Teagasc researcher and beef geneticist Cliona Ryan explained the benefits of...
New beef carcass performance data shows some trends in carcass performance and age at slaughter of dairy-beef cattle when grouped by CBV.
Dairy
With such encouraging calf prices this spring, dairy farmers must be aware of what buyers are looking for before breeding commences this year.
New data from over 145,000 slaughtered animals shows that top‑ranked Commercial Beef Value (CBV) cattle return €120-€400 more per head.
The Commercial Beef Value will now be shown on mart sale boards for all genotyped animals with a verified sire, the ICBF has said.
A panel discussion led by Agriland's technical beef journalist Breifne O'Brien, explored the dairy-beef trade at Moorepark's dairy open day.
Conception rates in general last year seemed to be poor with colder weather and challenging conditions in spring and sexed semen...
At this time of the year, with breeding closing in, there has to be a sustainable plan for your dairy-beef non-replacement calves.
Dairy Technical
As part of Teagasc breeding week 2025, there was an event held at Teagasc Grange where two farmers spoke about how they improved the genetics
As the 2025 dairy breeding season approaches, the Irish Cattle and Breeding Federation (ICBF) and Teagasc urge farmers to begin planning...
The final video in the 2025 Commercial Beef Value (CBV) series takes us back to the ICBF Progeny Test Centre in Tully, Co. Kildare.
Average calf prices for Angus and Friesians continued to rise in the week ending Sunday, March 9, according to the ICBF's data.
The latest in the CBV series brings us to the ICBF Progeny Test Centre where Niall Kilrane, gives an insight into Commercial Beef Value.
In the first episode of the Farming for the Future series, 'The Spring Surge', Eoin Corrigan described his calf management routine.
Farming 130ac of both owned and rented land, Michael O'Donnell has been in a dairy calf to beef production system for the past four years.
Aidan Maguire and his son Luke pay close attention to the Commercial Beef Value (CBV) figure allocated to each calf they are buying.
Beef Technical
More and more farmers are becoming aware of the CBV and its importance in determining the genetic beef potential of dairy-beef calves.
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) ‘Mart Tracker’ is a new online tool which will allow farmers to see what animals are for sale...
A lot of interesting figures have arose following the breeding season of 2024, which gives an insight into what way the breeding and the...
At the Teagasc open day in Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford, Teagasc dairy specialist, Stuart Childs spoke to Agriland about sustainable...
