Sheep Ireland were in attendance at the latest SheepNet workshop in Teagasc Athenry last Friday 19th October. SheepNet – Sharing Expertise and Experience towards sheep Productivity through NETworking SheepNet is an EU Network, to increase sheep…
Sheep Ireland will be implementing new updates to the Pedigree certs generated on the Sheep Ireland database. These changes will take place for approved Flockbooks while there will also be…
Last Wednesday marked the final day of AI for our 2018 CPT program on Brian Nicholson’s farm in Johnstown Co. Kilkenny. During the course of the program 32 rams were…
This time last year Sheep Ireland technicians braved Storm Opheila to carry out AI on CPT flocks. This year's weather proved to be better, making CPT farms more accessible…
This week seen the visit of the fifth flock involved in OviData, which was that of Patrick Dunne in County Wicklow. Patrick's flock consists of up to 220 commercial ewes.…
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Two more OviData flocks were visited by Teagasc and Sheep Ireland Technicians since last week. The third flock visited was that of John Prendergast in County Mayo Friday last. While…
CPT AI begins Today Today see's the beginning of the CPT AI programme on one of Sheep Ireland's CPT farms. The first of the CPT farms to begin AI is…
Teagasc and Sheep Ireland Technicians were visiting the second of the six flocks involved in OviData. The second flock is that of Tomas O' Learys's in County Kerry. While visiting…
Recording your Mating Recording your mating is a very important start to retrieving the correct parentage status of your animals. Determining the parentage of animals is the basis of all…
OviData – European Innovation Partnership project OviData aims to increase sheep genetic gain in Ireland through scientific data capture and analysis. This is a 5 year project which is lead…
Sheep Ireland are still in the process of selecting rams for use in the CPT program for the 2018/2019 breeding season. Many breeders have already been in contact wishing to submit…