OviData Update
This week seen the visit of the fifth flock involved in OviData, which was that of Patrick Dunne in County Wicklow. Patrick's flock consists of up to 220 commercial ewes.…
This week seen the visit of the fifth flock involved in OviData, which was that of Patrick Dunne in County Wicklow. Patrick's flock consists of up to 220 commercial ewes.…
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Two more OviData flocks were visited by Teagasc and Sheep Ireland Technicians since last week. The third flock visited was that of John Prendergast in County Mayo Friday last. While…
CPT AI begins Today Today see's the beginning of the CPT AI programme on one of Sheep Ireland's CPT farms. The first of the CPT farms to begin AI is…
Teagasc and Sheep Ireland Technicians were visiting the second of the six flocks involved in OviData. The second flock is that of Tomas O' Learys's in County Kerry. While visiting…
Recording your Mating Recording your mating is a very important start to retrieving the correct parentage status of your animals. Determining the parentage of animals is the basis of all…
OviData – European Innovation Partnership project OviData aims to increase sheep genetic gain in Ireland through scientific data capture and analysis. This is a 5 year project which is lead…
Sheep Ireland are still in the process of selecting rams for use in the CPT program for the 2018/2019 breeding season. Many breeders have already been in contact wishing to submit…
Sheep Ireland launched the LambPlus App this year allowing LambPlus breeders to record their lambing at their convenience - even if there is no connection to the internet. Once the…
Sheep Ireland are currently still operating at the Irish Farmers Journal stand in Screggan, Tullamore for the Ploughing Championships 2018. Although the weather has been 1 star, Sheep Ireland along…
Sheep Ireland will be taking part in the ploughing championships 2018 which is to commence on the 18th, 19th and 20th September in Screggan Tullamore Co. Offaly. Similar to 2017,…
On Thursday the 13th September, the board members of Sheep Ireland gathered in Portlaoise for the September board meeting. Several topics were discussed as outlined below: A detailed SWOT analysis…