MALP & CPT meetings This week we met with our CPT and MALP flocks to update them on the latest Sheep Ireland activities and discuss plans for the upcoming lambing…
Ovigen This week, information letters have been circulated to all LambPlus breeders informing them of plans for this research project. We plan to visit our first pedigree flocks next week.…
CPT Update - Pregnancy scanning This week the final CPT flocks were pregnancy scanned. This is always a nervous time as we wait to calculate the ewe conception rate to…
Teagasc Hill sheep conference 2015 A great crowd attended this event on Wednesday evening (28th January). One of the speakers, Mr. Sam Wharry, Sheep farmer from Northern Ireland and Chairman…
The meeting took place in the Killeshin Hotel in Portlaoise yesterday (Thursday 18th) with a wide range of industry representatives present (80 in total). There were update presentations by Teagasc,…
The objective to this study was to quantify the genetic variation in foot lesion scores, fecal egg count (FEC) and dag score of lambs, and to examine the relationship between…
We have recently come across an archive of old Department of Agriculture records pertaining to early sheep improvement initiatives in the late 1970’s. This archive contains some interesting photographs, one…
Sheep Ireland are once again holding five regional around the country throughout November. These meetings will give an opportunity for all farmers (LambPlus and Non-LambPlus) to come along and discuss the Irish…
It's that time of year again and we are well underway in our preparations for the National Ploughing Championships from the 23rd to the 25th of September in Stradbally, Co.…
On Saturday 23rd of August all roads lead to Tullamore for the Sheep Ireland multi-breed ram sale. Overall we were happy with the sale with 165 lots moving through…
The Catalouge for the Sheep Ireland annual LambPlus Sale taking place in Tullamore mart August 23rd is now available to view by clicking here. This year there are 219 entries, and animals will…
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