Lambing season 2019 is in full swing and LambPlus breeders are recording lambing information that will contribute to their flock's genetic evaluations. Recording how quick a lamb is to get…
Dr. Tim Byrne of AbacusBio Limited, Edinburgh, gave an insightful presentation on the last 10 years of business for Sheep Ireland on day 1, session 1 of the ICBF & Sheep Ireland…
David Coen spoke on behalf of Salesian Agricultural College in session 1 of day 1 at the ICBF & Sheep Ireland Genetics Conference which took place on Wednesday 5th and…
As part of the CPT Program all lambs are tagged shortly after birth with an EID Tag and a DNA Tag. The practice of tagging lambs at birth is the…
Welcome to Sheep Ireland's Privacy Centre Learn all you need to know about how we collect, use and protect your personal data Please refer to the bottom most section of…
The volume of commercial sheep data contributing to the €uroStar evaluations available to Irish sheep farmers continues to grow. Almost 50% of performance data used for genetic evaluations is now…
Finalist for the “Most improved LambPlus Flock 2018”: Michael Bird – Dunlever Texels (BMI) Michael Bird first established the Dunlever Texel flock way back in 1980 and joined the LambPlus…
Finalist for the “Most improved LambPlus Flock 2018”: James Kelly – Castle Kelly Texels (ILI) The Castle Kelly Texel was first established by James in 2001 and he has been…