Recording Lamb Vigour
Lambing season 2019 is in full swing and LambPlus breeders are recording lambing information that will contribute to their flock's genetic evaluations. Recording how quick a lamb is to get…
Lambing season 2019 is in full swing and LambPlus breeders are recording lambing information that will contribute to their flock's genetic evaluations. Recording how quick a lamb is to get…
So far across 3 CPT flocks - John Large, Andrew Moloney and James Naper, there has been nearly 950 ewes lambed down. CPT farmer Brian Nicholson will be hitting the…
For early lambing flocks, now is the optimal time to record the 40-day weights for your lambs. It is important to note that the bracket for this weight is between…
Over the course of the past year, Sheep Ireland have developed an App to allow breeders to record their lambing data as it happens from the lambing shed. Breeders can…
Parentage predictions now possible Sheep Ireland are now in a position to predict the correct sire and/or dam in cases where incorrect parentage has been identified through genotyping. These predictions…
The UCD Agriculture, Food Science and Human Nutrition Careers Day 2019 took place this week (Tuesday 19th February) in Astra Hall, UCD. Sheep Ireland were among a high volume of…
Want to move animals out of your flock fast? Sheep Ireland have developed batch movement screens to allow for effective and efficient cleaning for breeders yo use on their flock…
Sheep Ireland listened to the feedback from breeders over the last number of years and are proud to introduce our new inspections screen. On this screen breeders can record their…
Sheep Ireland have been working hard in trying to improve usability of the Sheep Ireland website, introducing a series of batch movements screen as part of the new and improved…
Sheep Ireland's flock visits are under way with some LambPlus breeders have already been visited by a Sheep Ireland technician. Flock visits were introduced in 2019 to provide Sheep Ireland's…
As part of the LambPlus program in 2019, Sheep Ireland are conducting flock visits to all members of the LambPlus programme. The purpose of these visits is to assist LambPlus…
Kevin McDermott of Sheep Ireland gave a presentation on the factors involved in improving the rate of genetic gain in flocks on day 1, session 1 of the ICBF & Sheep…