Our database website will be under maintenance on Tuesday, February 3rd, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.

Existing LambPlus breeders can now renew their LambPlus membership for 2023 on the new online renewal application service on the Sheep Ireland website.   Just simply visit www.sheep.ie and log into your current account, you will find “Join LambPlus for 2023” once you are…

How do I know what I am looking for when it comes to €urostar Indexes? Firstly, you need to think about your breeding strategy for your flock. What traits do you want to enhance? Are you breeding to keep or…

In 2022, as part of the CPT Natural Mating program, Sheep Ireland purchased 13 rams to be mated with the CPT Ewes. All rams have been collected from their breeders and are now on the CPT Farms where they will…

Over 450 ewes have been sponged this week with ewes being Artificial Inseminated over the next two weeks in the CPT flocks. The purpose of the CPT sponging is to synchronise ewes oestrus cycle for the day of AI. All…

Sheep Ireland’s Ram Search can be used by commercial and pedigree farmers searching for any rams bred by LambPlus breeders. Rams can be searched by county, breed, age, their replacement, terminal, no. of lambs born, daughters milk, lambing survivability and…

  Using the LambPlus App has proved successful with many breeders recording on the go. Recording no longer requires farmers to sitting at a desk indoors, it can be done in the yard or in the shed as the event…

Parentage Validation and Predictions Incorrect animal parentage leads to incorrect €uroStar Index’s. The €uroStars available for a ram lamb on the sale day are heavily influenced by its recorded Sire and Dam and data collected on that entire bloodline. Over…

Sheep Ireland are still in the process of selecting rams for use in the CPT program for the 2022/2023 breeding season. Many breeders have already been in contact wishing to submit their rams for consideration. Breeders who have entered rams to…

At this time of the year, ewes and rams are being prepared for the mating season or have already been put out for breeding. Now is as good a time as any to record health data on your flock, incidences…

If you have a ram that you wish to genotype using a pellet or straw of his semen, you can do so by contacting Sheep Ireland directly. If the ram that you wish to genotype is still alive and is…

LambPlus breeders should now be genotyping their stock rams purchased and used this breeding season. Genotyping of stock rams is very important as unfortunately rams may die, and having a verified DNA sample from your ram on the Sheep Ireland…