Weekly Update: 12/08/16
LambPlus Multibreed ram sale The deadline for entries for this sale is Monday 15th August. Substitutes will be allowed up until Monday 22nd August at which point the final sales…
LambPlus Multibreed ram sale The deadline for entries for this sale is Monday 15th August. Substitutes will be allowed up until Monday 22nd August at which point the final sales…
Premier Ram Sales On Saturday 30th July the Charollais premier sale took place in Tullow, Co. Carlow and the presence of high €uro-Star rams was very apparent with 81% of…
Inbreeding Checker Launched Sheep Ireland has launched a new “Inbreeding Checker” for all of its LambPlus members. The Inbreeding Checker will allow breeders to compare up to 5 potential rams…
Premier Sales 2016 Sales catalogues for most sheep breed premier sales are now complete or close to completion. The Vendeen premier sale took place on Wednesday 13th July in Roscommon…
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…