Deadline for registrations TOMORROW April 30th!
Don't forget to record your lambing information before April 30th. In order for any animal to retrieve Eurostar's this year, breeders are required by Sheep Ireland as well as the…
Muscle & Fat Scanning back on the menu 2022
The muscle & fat scanning service is being offered to all Lambplus breeders again in 2022 after a 3 year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As a result of…
Critical to record lamb mortality!
Lambing Difficulty can be the single biggest burden on sheep farms at lambing time. If lambs sired by a particular ram prove to be very hard lambing it can leave…
Record 40 Day & 100 Day Weights today!
Lambs born in mid to late February are now at the correct age to record a 40 day weight, the age bracket to record a 40 day weight is between…
Tullamore Farm Lambing 2022 – “Anyone who is serious about improving the genetics of their flock, performance recording is invaluable”
The Irish Farmers Journal was out this week on the Tullamore Farm in County Offaly and got down to basics on how they are improving the genetic merit of their…
Flockbook Secretaries: Pedigree Management
Pedigree Approval Go to 'Manage'. Then to 'Pedigree Approval'. The number of outstanding requests can be seen under 'Pedigree Approval Summary'. The details of each request will be listed below…
Flockbook Secretaries: Recording Movements
Adding Sheep to Inventories Section 1: Moving animals Go to 'Manage' drop down menu. Go to 'Search Animals'. Enter the Animal ID (Department NSIS number or Pedigree ID) or Animal…
CPT Lambing coming to a close for 2022!
Central Progeny Test lambing is coming to a close for 2022. This year the lambing period was once again hugely successful. Over the course of 3 weeks approximately 1800 CPT…
FlockBook Secretaries: How to set up a new flock?
1. Creating a new flockbook member Before adding a new flock to the database it is CRITICAL to establish that the flock doesn't already exist on the database, the flock…
FlockBook Secretaries: How to add Ancestry
The below explanation is applicable when adding ancestry to an animal that is already on the system (this can also be used when you are creating an animal from scratch and wish…
First €uroStar evaluation for 2022 now available
Sheep Ireland have published the first genetic evaluation for the 2022 season. It is critical that breeders view this early genetic evaluation with a high degree of caution given the…
Adding Lamb Vigour to the €uroStar Indexes!
25% of all the labour on the average lowland Sheep farm throughout the year is used during the lambing period (A. Bohan, TLPM) making it one of the most demanding…
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