Central Progeny Test (CPT) Lambing We are in the middle of preparing for the lambing season and like many farmers it can be very difficult to find adequate labour at…

Uploading Lambing Information For many early lambing flocks the first cycle is now over and we would encourage you to use this time to transfer your lambing information from the…

Lambing Experience Available As we prepare for the busy lambing period on our 4 Central Progeny Test (CPT) flocks, we are pleased to offer lambing experience to students who may…

Flock Notebooks Flock notebooks were circulated to breeders prior to Christmas and by now all breeders should have received one. With the lambing season in full swing for some breeders…

Happy Christmas to all readers of this Sheep Ireland Update. We would like to thank all LambPlus members, sheep breed societies, commercial sheep farmers and all industry stakeholders for their…

LambPlus Sign-Ups 2018 Over the past few weeks hundreds of LambPlus Sign-Up Forms have been received and processed. Once again, the number of flocks that have signed up for LambPlus…

CPT Ram Update All breeders have received a letter this week letting them know how their ram performed throughout the CPT. Also as part of our ongoing effort to try…

LambPlus Sign-Ups 2018 For any pedigree sheep breeders, the closing date for joining LambPlus for the 2018 season is today (1st December). Sheep Ireland has communicated this date to all…

LambPlus Regional Meetings Three LambPlus regional meetings took place this week in Mallow, Navan and Tuam. There are two remaining meetings, both taking place on Monday 27th November at 7:30pm…

UK Sheep Breeders Roundtable Conference Today, Sheep Ireland personnel are attending the biennial Sheep Breeders Roundtable which takes place this weekend in Nottingham. The theme for this year is ‘thinking…

Deadline for LambPlus Sign-ups 2018 Our LambPlus sign-up forms for 2018 have been circulated and we wish to remind breeders that the deadline for the receipt of the sign-up forms…

LambPlus Sign-up Forms 2018 We have begun to circulate our LambPlus sign-up forms this week and by next week all existing breeders and new society breeders should have received one.…