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Muscle and Fat Scanning Cancelled for 2021
As a result of Covid-19, Muscle and Fat (M&F) scanning has not been able to commence as normal for the 2021 season. Sheep Ireland have decided with respect to public health and safety regarding Covid-19 and as we are now…
Genotype (DNA sample) your potential entries to Sheep Ireland’s Elite €uroStar Multi-Breed Ram Sale 2021 by next Tues June 15th!
The Sheep Ireland Elite €uroStar Multi-Breed Ram sale will take place on Saturday, August 28th at 11:30 am in Kilkenny Mart. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions the Sheep Ireland Board have decided that the 2021 Sheep Ireland ram sale…
Accuracy of €uroStars, what is it and how can it be increased?
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 his/her relatives. Put simply, the higher the accuracy figure, the…
Inbreeding, barrenness rate and genetic improvement updates
Sheep Ireland hosted an annual 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 last year and what impact it will have…
Precision Livestock farming for Sheep – have your say
Sheep and goat farming are important to the rural economy of Ireland, Europe and many other countries across the world, particularly in areas that are unsuitable for other farming production systems. New tools called Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) tools, also…
Want to know what new updates were made to genetic evaluations in 2021? WATCH: Sheep Ireland Industry Meeting
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 last year and what impact it will have on…
CPT 40-Day Weights complete
Sheep Ireland technicians have been busy over the last 10 days visiting the 4 CPT Flocks to collect the 40-Day weights among other traits such as DAG Score, BCS, Lameness, Ewe Weights and incidences of mastitis and prolapse. The 40-day…
CPT 40 Day Weights and Inspections
This week Sheep Ireland started collecting 40 day weights on CPT farms across the country, these lambs ranged between 20-65 days of age. Almost 1120 ewes and lambs were weighed, body condition scored, dag scored and any incidences of lameness…
Online Workshops Prove a Hit With LambPlus Breeders
This spring due to Covid 19 restrictions, Sheep Ireland held 10 online workshops for LambPlus breeders during the months of February and March. The workshops were conducted using Microsoft Teams and Zoom with the aim of showing breeders how to…
CPT Lambing coming to a close for 2021
Central Progeny Test (CPT) Lambing has almost come to a finish for 2021. Data collected from commercial sheep is the foundations for the genetic evaluations. The CPT provides a huge amount of data each year, with 2k ewes and 4k…
First €uroStar evaluation for 2021 now available
Sheep Ireland have published the first genetic evaluation for the 2021 season. This is the earliest evaluation publication we have provided to date. It is critical that breeders view this early genetic evaluation with a high degree of caution given…
CPT Lambing has kicked off!!
The Central Progeny Test Lambing period has started this next week. This is a very busy time for Sheep Ireland with a huge amount of the commercial data that contributes to the €uro-Star Evaluations being collected by Sheep Ireland Technicians…
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