Hill Breeding Groups and ram genotyping
Hill Breeding Groups have been working together with Sheep Ireland taking action to support the farmer’s requirements for the Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS). Sheep Ireland has identified 17 Hill Groups…
Weight Verification Pilot Project 2024
As you may know, the National Sheep Breed Improvement Program aims to enhance the genetic merit of sheep breeds through various strategies, including selective breeding. One critical aspect of this…
Recording Foster and Pet Lambs properly is crucial
Foster and pet lambs should be recorded under the genetic dam's lambing information. From a genetic evaluation perspective, if lambs are recorded under the foster ewe's information, the foster ewes…
Hill flocks need to Genotype stock rams now!
Genotype your stock rams for the best chances of producing SIS eligible rams for this season. SIS eligible rams are in high demand since the launch of the SIS scheme…
Towards 4,000 mouth recordings in Hill flocks
Sheep Ireland has been actively recording mouths of hill sheep since 2021. Presently Sheep Ireland has two hill flockbooks recording; the Mayo-Connemara ram group and the Donegal Wicklow Cheviot group.…
How to record a lambing on the LambPlus App
How to record a lambing event and lambs’ information using the LambPlus App. The aim of the LambPlus App is that it acts like an electronic version of your lambing…
Recording lambing events and lambs’ information online
How to record a lambing event and lambs' information using Sheep Ireland online services. Once you are in the Lambing Management page you will be presented with all the females…
Why and How to improve your Data Quality Index (DQI) score?
The Data Quality Index (DQI) is an index that rates flocks based on the quality and quantity of the data recorded on the flock over the previous year. This index…
Central Progeny Testing (CPT)
The CPT is a fundamental pillar of the sheep breed improvement programme: Source of independent commercial data Establishing Genetic Linkage Validation of the indexes Investigating new traits Building across-breed dataset…
Last call! Why and how to join LambPlus programme?
LambPlus is the performance recording service provided by Sheep Ireland to all pedigree and commercial sheep farmers in Ireland. Signups will close on the 1st of December. Don't miss your…
We are hiring – Sheep Ireland Manager
Sheep Ireland, through its breeding information service LambPlus, provides a range of breeding information reports and tools for the Irish Sheep farmer. We have made great progress over the last…
Kevin McDermott Transitions to a New Role at ICBF, Leaving Sheep Ireland on a Positive Note
Sheep Ireland announces today that Kevin McDermott, the Sheep Ireland Manager, will be stepping down from his current position to pursue an exciting opportunity as the HerdPlus Manager at the…
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