In 2020 as part of the CPT Natural Mating Pilot project carried out last year, Sheep Ireland purchased 12 ram lambs of multiple breeds from LambPlus flocks to mate naturally…
Each trait and index value has an accuracy (Acc) attached to it and this figure is simply a representation of the amount of data available on that particular animal and…
Sheep Ireland hosted an industry meeting on Thursday, April 29th at 1 pm. This one-hour online meeting covered some of the primary outcomes of research that has been undertaken in…
The hill sector is currently under-represented in the national breed improvement programme as there is less of an underlying breeding structure compared to the lowland sector. This is something that…
At the beginning of 2020, Sheep Ireland Launched Across-Breed Genomic evaluations, becoming the first country in the Northern-hemisphere to do so. This now meant for breeders that as well as…
As the recording of pregnancy scanning results is now part of the Data Quality Index (DQI), pedigree breeders who have joined the LambPlus performance recording program for 2021 have been…
IE044132102588D, PULLAGH FRED, CG2002588 is a twin Belclare ram lamb bred by LambPlus breeders Christy, Margaret & Brian Gallagher. PULLAGH FRED is currently residing in CPT farmer James Naper's farm…
IE041342212231B, LEVEL CROSSING FLOR, TC2012231 is a Belclare ram bred by LambPlus breeder Jeremiah Anthony Collins who currently resides in CPT farmer Brian Nicholson's farm in County Kilkenny. This is…