Recording Matings Flocks that have completed their matings for the 2017/2018 season should now be thinking about recording this information on their Sheep Ireland account. For some societies it is…

CPT AI has begun The first 296 Central Progeny Test (CPT) ewes of 2017 are currently being artificially inseminated today (Friday 13th October). There is a further 1,900 ewes remaining…

CPT AI This week our CPT AI preparation continues. As of today 1,700 ewes out of the total 2,300 CPT ewes have been sponged. These sponges will be removed from…

Sheep Ireland Central Progeny Test 2017 Today Friday 29th September the first ewe sponging is taking place in advance of our CPT AI programme. AI ram panels are now finalised…

Ploughing Championships 2017 Once again Sheep Ireland had a very successful Ploughing Championships. Being involved with the Irish Farmers Journal stand provides great exposure to the €uro-Star indexes and over…

Sheep Ireland September board meeting On Thursday 14th Sept the board of Sheep Ireland representatives met. A number of topics were discussed at this meeting including; The LambPlus sale 2017…

Sheep Ireland Guide and Breeder Directory The latest Sheep Ireland guide has been produced and in early August was circulated to over 11,000 Irish sheep farmers by post. All LambPlus…

Sheep Ireland Elite Multi-Breed Ram Sale A very good sale took place last Saturday 26th Aug in Tullamore Mart. This was the biggest Sheep Ireland ram sale to date in…

Sheep Ireland Elite Multi-Breed Ram Sale All roads lead to Tullamore tomorrow for the Sheep Ireland Sale which kicks off at 12:00 pm. Sheep Ireland Technicians will be there from…

Sheep Ireland Sale – Final Preparations The Annual Sheep Ireland €uro-Star Multi-Breed Ram Sale takes place on Saturday 26th of August in Tullamore Mart at 12noon. This year we have…

Sheep Ireland Multi-Breed LambPlus Ram Sale – Saturday 26th August Tullamore We wish to remind breeders that the deadline for entries for the Sheep Ireland Multi-Breed LambPlus Ram sale is…

CPT Ram Selection for Mating 2017 The process for selection of Central Progeny Test rams for 2017 has now begun. For the past number of years, selection of these rams…