First Release of the 2023 Genomic Evaluation
The first evaluation of 2023 with the latest updates and 2023-born lambs included has been published today, March 23rd. The first evaluation can be an exciting and anxious time for…
The first evaluation of 2023 with the latest updates and 2023-born lambs included has been published today, March 23rd. The first evaluation can be an exciting and anxious time for…
Click to join Welcome to our LambPlus WhatsApp group, the newest way of communicating with breeders. To join the group, scan the QR code on the image or click on…
The Central Progeny Test (CPT) farms' lambing season is running very well. By now all of the ewes inseminated have lambed, with more than 650 lambs recorded, and the natural…
Want to know why to use the LambPlus app and how to use it for performance recording? Watch this video and check the benefits of using the app. It makes…
The Data Quality Index (DQI) is an index that rates flocks based on the quality and quantity of the data recorded on the flock over the previous year. This index…
Check out the new features on your Genomic Ordering screen. Now you can select different options considering if you are genotyping; lambs at birth, adult animals, or semen (pellet/straw). Ordering…
When recording your lambing events, it is vital that a ewe is given credit for producing a multiple litter of lambs, even if one is dead, fostered or sold as…
Lamb Vigour is a trait that is often overlooked on sheep farms. Farmers already have enough work on their hands besides having extra lambs to put sucking. Sheep Ireland have…
Hill flock application form With the introduction of the new Sheep Improvement Scheme, sheep farms are required to buy genotyped rams. Hill farmers can buy a lowland 4 & 5…
Now that the deadline for joining LambPlus has passed for lowland breeders, Sheep Ireland are delighted to say that the number of breeders that have joined the LambPlus performance recording…
During the past year, many Hill breed Groups have been working together with Sheep Ireland, planning actions to support the farmer's requirements for the Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS) to purchase…
In 2022, as part of the CPT Natural Mating program, Sheep Ireland purchased 13 rams to be mated with the CPT Ewes. LEAGUAN CRUZ is a Suffolk ram lamb bred…