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SIS Year 3 - Genotyped Ram Action. Check rams' eligibility
Have you selected the 3rd year of the Sheep Improvement Scheme's Genotyped Ram Action? Check the SIS eligibility before purchasing. Important: The ram needs to be eligible on the date of being catalogued for a sale, or on the date…
Use the Inbreeding Checker when mating
Inbreeding occurs when closely related animals are mated. The inbreeding checker will allow you to control the levels of inbreeding within your flock. How to Select a Ram? You can compare up to 5 rams at a time against all…
Entries open for Sheep Ireland Multi-Breed Hill Ram Sale 2025
Sheep Ireland will be hosting the Multi-Breed Hill Ram Sale in Manorhamilton Mart on Friday evening, 10th of October at 7 pm. This is a fantastic opportunity for hill group members who have made significant efforts in driving genetic progress…
Ram Genomic Inbreeding Checker
Since last year, a new ‘Ram Genomic Inbreeding’ facility is available, where two genotyped rams of the same breed can be compared to each other to see what level of relationship exists between the two animals. Where can this facility…
Hill Ram Sales 2025 calendar
Check the calendar and information about the upcoming Hill Ram sales 2025 with SIS-eligible rams. Several Hill breeding Groups have been working together with Sheep Ireland, planning actions to support the farmers’ requirements for the Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS) to…
How do €uroStars work for imported animals?
Are you a pedigree breeder importing rams or ewes into Ireland? Each year a considerable number of LambPlus pedigree ram breeders travel abroad to source new genetic lines for their respective sheep breeds. As the €uroStar indexes are unique to…
Do you want your ram in the CPT this year? Contact us
The time has come around again for Sheep Ireland to start selecting rams for use in the CPT program for the 2025 breeding season. The CPT is a critical element of the National Sheep Breed Improvement program and is a…
Sheep Ireland’s Multi-breed Hill Ram sale 2025
Save the date! Sheep Ireland will host the second Hill Multi-breed Ram sale on Friday, 10th of October 2025 at 7 pm (Manorhamilton Mart, Co. Leitrim), with viewing starting at 5.30 pm. This will be a fantastic opportunity for Hill…
Sheep Ireland’s €urostar Multibreed Sale Report 2025
Sheep Ireland’s 15th Annual Multi-Breed Ram sale occurred on Saturday, August 23rd, in Kilkenny Mart. The Sheep Ireland sale still remains to be the largest catalogued ram sale in Ireland. The sale saw an increase in catalogued entries of 21%…
€urostar Indexes. How do they work for commercial farmers?
Thinking of buying a 5-Star ram? Do €urostars work for commercial farmers? Yes. Data used in the €uroStar evaluations also comes from commercial grass-based sheep flocks, which means that a lot of the data included in the €uroStar indexes is…
This Saturday is the Sheep Ireland €uroStar Multi-Breed Ram sale 2025! View the Catalogue here:
Sheep Ireland €uroStar Multi-Breed Ram sale will take place on Saturday, August 23rd at 10.30 am in Kilkenny Mart, R95A4VP . The Catalogue is now available! Click here to download: Largest catalogued ram sale in Ireland! All 631 entries are…
Sheep Ireland Guide & Directory of Breeders 2025
The Sheep Ireland Guide & Directory of Breeders 2025 is now available and will be posted out to over 19,000 commercial farmers this month, in time for the breeding season. The Guide & Directory highlights pedigree breeders who are involved…
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