‘Thesis in Three’ – ICBF and Sheep Ireland Genetics Conference
The ICBF & Sheep Ireland Genetics Conference took place on Friday 17th of January 2020 in the Heritage Hotel, Killenard, Co. Laois. There was an array of insightful presentations given…
Sheep Ireland Elite €uro-Star Multi-Breed Ram Sale provisional Catalogue
The provisional catalogue for the upcoming Sheep Ireland Elite €uro-Star Multi-Breed Ram Sale is now available. Lot numbers are not visible in the provisional catalogue as animals and lot numbers…
Flock Visits – Where we are today
David Coen outlined where Sheep Ireland currently stand concerning LambPlus flock visits at the Sheep Ireland Industry Meeting held on Monday 29th April 2019 in Tullamore Court Hotel, County Offaly.…
Review of a very positive Sheep Ireland industry meeting
On Monday (29th April), Sheep Ireland held their latest sheep industry meeting. A crowd of 80 stakeholders from across the industry were in attendance, and lots of great discussion from…
The Impact of the programme improvements
At the Sheep Ireland Industry Meeting held in Tullamore on Monday (April 29th), Sheep Ireland's Kevin McDermott explained the Impact that these Improvements to the Genetic Evaluation would have. View…
OviGen – The Outcomes
Dr Aine O'Brien presented the outcomes of the OviGen project at the Sheep Ireland Industry Meeting held on Monday 29th April 2019 in Tullamore Court Hotel, County Offaly. To view…
OviData – EIP Project – Eamon Wall speaking at the Sheep Ireland Industry Meeting
Sheep Ireland's Eamon Wall presented the Ovidata project at the Sheep Ireland Industry Meeting held on Monday 29th April 2019 in Tullamore Court Hotel, County Offaly. The synopsis of Eamon's…
Carcass data and Across-breed now a reality in the Sheep Ireland Genetic Evaluations
Dr Theirry Pabiou presented the relevant updates to the genetic evaluations at the Sheep Ireland Industry Meeting held on Monday 29th April 2019 in Tullamore Court Hotel, County Offaly. The…
The Importance of Recording Ewe Lambs as Not Mated
Sheep Ireland receive a volume of queries regarding recording ewe lambs that were not put to the ram. It is very important to account for ewe lambs within a flock…
Final Reminder to Upload Any Lambing Information Before April 30th Deadline!
The deadline for entering lambing information onto the system is Tuesday April 30th, any lambs recorded on the database after this date will not receive €urostars in 2019. The €urostars…
Less Than 2 Weeks Left to Record your Lambing Information!!
LambPlus breeders must not forgot to record their lambing events! There is nearly 24,000 lambs recorded on the Sheep Ireland database. Sheep Ireland as well as breed societies require lambs…
Ovidata Flock Visit
Ovidata is a European Innovation Partnership project assessing the use of genomic technologies for Irish sheep farmers. See Eamon Wall, Sheep Ireland, in the video below who visited one of…