Weekly Update: 15/07/16
Ram Breeder Workshops This week marks the final week of our ram breeder workshops. On Monday evening (11th July) we visited the flock of James and David McKane in Killygordon,…
Ram Breeder Workshops This week marks the final week of our ram breeder workshops. On Monday evening (11th July) we visited the flock of James and David McKane in Killygordon,…
Ram Breeder Workshops This week saw the ram breeder workshops kicking off, starting on Monday evening (4th July); we visited the flock of Anne and Aidan Murphy near Gorey, Co.…
Ultrasound Scanning Catalogue entries for premier ram sales are being prepared by some breed societies at present and we are prioritising Ultrasound scanning for these breeds. Last week 25 flocks…
Sheep Ireland and Teagasc Pedigree Breeder Workshops This coming July, Sheep Ireland in association with Teagasc are planning to hold a number of on-farm evening workshops (starting at 7.00pm) for…
Collection of CPT 100 Day Weights This week we started organising and collecting the CPT 100 day weights, two flocks were completed this week with the remaining three flocks being…
New Lambing Report Launched A new lambing report has been put live for all LambPlus flocks; this report gives farmers the ability to view the physical performance of their flock…
Ram breeder workshops on the €uroStar evaluations This coming July, Sheep Ireland in association with Teagasc are planning to hold a number of on-farm evening workshops for Irish ram breeders.…
New Ultrasound Scanning Machines to Capture Lamb Muscle Depth and Backfat Today (Friday 27th May) Sheep Ireland scanning technicians are on the UCD farm at Lyons Estate to complete training…
Are you interested in Scanning this year? If you wish to have your flock scanned for Muscle and Fat depth this year please TEXT the word SCANNING to 089 4577665…
Ultrasound Muscle and Backfat Scanning Another scanning season is about to begin again soon. The first flocks scanned will be some early lambing Vendeen breeders who tend to lamb down…
Sheep Ireland AGM 5th May The AGM on Thursday adopted the 2015 audited accounts, and approved the appointment of Ernst and Young as auditors for 2016. Sheep Ireland Board Meeting…
LambPlus Deadline (30th April) Tomorrow (Saturday) is the cut-off point - after this date any lamb entered on the database will not receive €uro-Star evaluations for the year, this has…