New Batch Movements Screens – Factory Sales
Sheep Ireland have been working hard in trying to improve usability of the Sheep Ireland website, introducing a series of batch movements screen as part of the new and improved…
Ewe Efficiency & Greenhouse Gases
Dr. Fiona McGovern of Teagasc spoke at the ICBF & Sheep Ireland Genetics Conference which took place on Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th December 2018 in the Hudson Bay Hotel,…
Sheep Ireland’s continuing research with the OviData project
At the recent ICBF and Sheep Ireland Genetics Conference (ISGC) which took place on Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th December in the Hudson Bay Hotel, Athlone, Eamon Wall of Sheep…
Significant Developments in the Future through Innovative Research Projects
Eamon Wall of Sheep Ireland spoke about the SusSheP project and what it hopes to achieve at the ICBF & Sheep Ireland Genetics Conference which took place on Wednesday 5th…
Tagging at Birth: The key to successful performance recording.
As part of the CPT Program all lambs are tagged shortly after birth with an EID Tag and a DNA Tag. The practice of tagging lambs at birth is the…
Ewe Productivity: A new trait being researched by Sheep Ireland
At the recent ICBF and Sheep Ireland Genetics Conference (ISGC) there was a poster session that showcased the latest ongoing research into animal breeding and genetics from the dairy, beef…
Nicola Fetherstone: Winner of the ISGC Brian Wickham Award
At the recent ICBF and Sheep Ireland Genetics conference (ISGC) there was a poster session that showcased the latest ongoing research into animal breeding and genetics from the dairy, beef…
Why not use the Sheep Ireland LambPlus App to record your lambing data this year?
Over the course of the past year, Sheep Ireland have developed an App to allow breeders to record their lambing data as it happens from the lambing shed. Breeders can…
Sheep Ireland’s Winner of the Most Improved LambPlus Flock 2018
The ICBF & Sheep Ireland Genetics Conference took place on Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th December in the Hudson Bay Hotel, Athlone. The first day of the conference consisted of…
Sheep Ireland’s Winner of the Highest Achieving LambPlus Flock 2018
The ICBF & Sheep Ireland Genetics Conference took place on Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th December in the Hudson Bay Hotel, Athlone. The first day of the conference consisted of…
Accuracy of €uroStar evaluations are on the rise!!
Sheep Ireland is now 10 years in existence, and since 2009 breeders and Sheep Ireland have put in a substantial effort to record large volumes of data to increase the…
Independent commercial data driving the Sheep Ireland €uroStars
The volume of commercial sheep data contributing to the €uroStar evaluations available to Irish sheep farmers continues to grow. Almost 50% of performance data used for genetic evaluations is now…