CPT Replacement Ewe Selection
CPT farmers are busy selecting replacements for their flocks at the moment. As part of the CPT programme farmers are required to keep a percentage of ewes from each CPT…
CPT farmers are busy selecting replacements for their flocks at the moment. As part of the CPT programme farmers are required to keep a percentage of ewes from each CPT…
Sheep Ireland in conjunction with breed societies is running RamPlus for this mating season. LambPlus breeders have been offered the opportunity to use frozen semen of past CPT sires ram…
Sheep Ireland will hold its annual LambPlus €uroStar multi-breed Ram Sale in Tullamore on Sat 25th Aug. Entry to this sale will be limited to flocks that carry out Ultrasound…
Sheep Ireland in conjunction with breed societies will be running RamPlus for this mating season. We will be offering LambPlus breeders the opportunity to use the frozen semen of past…
For the past number of months, we have been working hard to develop a user-friendly App that will allow LambPlus breeders to record their lambing information along with weights and…
EdX in conjunction with Wageningen University and Research are offering a free 7 week online course on Animal Breeding and Genetics. This online course opens on the 13th of February. On…
Over the past three years, Sheep Ireland have been recording Ewe Milk, Lamb Vigour and Mothering-Ability, during CPT Lambing. The data recorded from these traits will further enhance Sheep Irelands…
Sheep Ireland (www.sheep.ie) continued to make excellent progress in 2017, with strong leadership from its Chairman, James Murphy, and a strong development team operating under the stewardship of Eamon Wall…
Case Study: Shaun & Seamus Gahan, Graiguenamanagh Co. Kilkenny ; Barrowlands Flock Shaun and Seamus Gahan run a flock of pedigree Suffolk ewes. The flock has been performance recording with…
Background The national Central Progeny Test (CPT) which is run by Sheep Ireland is one of the most valuable breeding resources in the country. The CPT gives a means for…
Last year Sheep Ireland carried out several case studies on how accurately the €uro-Stars can predict the pregnancy scanning results in performance recording flocks, and the results were extremely encouraging…
This booklet serves two purposes: The guide section itself contains very useful information regarding €uroStar indexes and how best to interpret them, ram selection, LambPlus, the Central Progeny Test Program etc.…