Flocks can order genotypes via their Genomic ordering screen in order to parentage verify, obtain parentage predictions and get scrapie type results for their lambs. Once genotypes have been ordered…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Sheep Ireland were delighted to be invited to speak with the Wicklow Cheviot Sheep Breeders group this week (Tuesday 1st March) in Hollywood town center, Hollywood, Co. Wicklow. David Coen…
Sheep Ireland were delighted to be invited to speak with the West Kerry Scotch Mountain Sheep Breeders Society last week (Wed 9th Feb) in Dingle Mart. There was a good…
Recording of Ewe Milk is the measuring of how milky a ewe is at lambing time. The data recorded from this trait will flow directly into the sub-index 'Daughters Milk'…