Inbreeding checker
The breeding season is fast approaching and all around the country breeders are in the process of selecting suitable rams to serve their ewes. It is difficult enough to find…
Ultrasound Muscle and Fat Scanning of LambPlus and CPT lambs
Sheep Ireland are currently winding down the muscle and fat ultrasound scanning of our LambPlus flocks for the 2018 season. There is now under 20 flocks left to scan from…
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…
Numbers for RamPlus 2018 close to becoming finalized
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…
LambPlus Ram Sale Criteria 2018
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…
4 Breeds now partaking in RamPlus 2018
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…
Sheep Ireland’s new LambPlus App
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…
Animal Breeding and Genetics Free Online Course
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…
LambPlus Breeders now have the opportunity to record new traits at Lambing
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…
A Review of 2017
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…
5 Star Ewes Scanning Half a Lamb More For this Suffolk Breeder in Kilkenny!!
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…
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