Weekly Update: 29/01/16
Sheep Ireland Board Meeting January 28th 2016 As discussed at previous meetings with breed society representatives we will include a summary of all Sheep Ireland Board Meetings in this update.…
Sheep Ireland Board Meeting January 28th 2016 As discussed at previous meetings with breed society representatives we will include a summary of all Sheep Ireland Board Meetings in this update.…
LambPlus Participation 2016 The number of pedigree ram breeders that have signed up to the LambPlus recording programme for the 2016 season has once again increased albeit at a much…
Recording Lambing Data in 2016 Lambing is the most important time of the year from a genetic evaluation point of view. The accuracy of the €uro-Star evaluations is central to…
Happy New Year Happy new year to all readers of this weekly update. We look forward to the next performance recording season with a lot of optimism and hope that…
DNA workshop meeting Tues 15th Dec This week many sheep breed society representatives attended a very informative DNA workshop organised by Teagasc and ICBF/Sheep Ireland. This workshop brought together the…
DNA workshop and breed society meeting Tues Dec 15th Final reminders for the above meetings have been circulated by email today. The DNA workshop will run through all the processes…
LambPlus Sign-up deadline Tues 1st December marked the deadline for signing up to LambPlus for the 2016 season. Sign-up forms had been coming in big numbers for the final few…
Breed Society Meeting – Tuesday 15th December 2015 In September Sheep Ireland invited all breed society representatives to a meeting. We hope to hold these meetings at least twice each…
LambPlus Regional Meetings Two of the five LambPlus Regional meetings have now been held, there have been some good discussions taking place, with feedback on all the various aspects of Sheep…
CPT mating 2015 Early next week all breeders that submitted rams for use in the 2015 Central Progeny Test will receive reports on how their ram performed during AI -…
2016 LambPlus membership Today Sheep Ireland are posting 2016 LambPlus sign-up forms. The deadline to return sign-up forms is Tuesday 1st December. The number of breeders joining the programme has…
LambPlus Regional Meetings The annual LambPlus regional meetings have been set for 2015 (Dates and venues below). A strong attendance is critical at these meetings. The current sheep breed improvement…