Weekly Update: 07/07/17
Ram Sale Season About to Commence Sheep Ireland are busy preparing for the first ram sales of 2017. A number of small sales have already taken place but the flagship…
Ram Sale Season About to Commence Sheep Ireland are busy preparing for the first ram sales of 2017. A number of small sales have already taken place but the flagship…
CPT weaning weights and Ultrasound Scanning This week we have been busy visiting our CPT flocks to collect lamb weaning (100 day) weights. Heavy lambs are also being ultrasound scanned…
Teagasc Athenry Open Day A fantastic sheep event took place in Athenry this week (Wednesday 21st June). The very latest sheep research was demonstrated and presented in a way which…
Teagasc Athenry Open day A major technical day for sheep farmers will take place in Teagasc Athenry next Wednesday, 21 June. This event will demonstrate the very latest technical advice…
Next Sheep Ireland Board Meeting This next meeting takes place on Thursday 22nd June. All stakeholders in our Sheep Industry are represented on this Board, so anyone with a suggestion…
Lleyn Sheep Society Open Day On Saturday the 27th May, Sheep Ireland attended an Open Day held by the Lleyn Sheep Society on the farm of Clifford Richardson. It was…
Lleyn Sheep Society Open Day Sheep Ireland will be in attendance at the upcoming Lleyn Sheep Society Open Day. This will take place on Saturday 27th May, at 1pm on…
Ultrasound Scanning (Muscle and BackFat) 2017 To book a place for Ultrasound Scanning, it is necessary to text the word ‘Scanning’ to 089- 4577665 before our deadline of Monday 22nd…
Sheep Ireland Board Meeting The Sheep Ireland Board Meeting and AGM took place on Friday 5th May. Important topics that were discussed included the following; CPT progress to date, and…
OVIGEN – Next Phase of Sheep Genomics Launched This week all breeders that took part in phase 1 of the OVIGEN research project were invited to order genotypes for sheep…
Sheep Industry Research Projects SusSheP This week Sheep Ireland took part in a meeting of project partners partaking in a new research project called SusShep. This project will include other…
Sheep Industry Meeting Report On Tuesday 11th April a Sheep Industry Meeting took place in Teagasc Athenry. The meeting was very well attended by a wide cross section of the…