Great day was had at Sheep 2018!

The sun was shining as one of the biggest sheep events of the year took place last Saturday. Thousands flocked to Athenry to what proved to be a great event.…

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Weaning Weights on CPT Flocks

This week Sheep Ireland started collecting the 100 day weights from CPT lambs on the farms of Brian Nicholson and Andrew Moloney. As part of the Sheep Ireland evaluations all…

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Weekly Update: 15/06/18

National Sheep Breeders Association (NSBA) Championships Sheep Ireland attended the inaugural NSBA Championships in Cillin Hill Mart in Killkenny last Saturday. The day proved to be a great success with…

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Weekly Update: 01/06/18

Ultrasound Muscle & Fat Depth Scanning M&F scanning has been in full swing this week with Lamplus breeders at all corners of the country scanning their lambs. At the beginning…

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Weekly Update: 25/05/18

Ultrasound Muscle and fat Depth Scanning (M&F Scanning) This week marks the beginning of a busy muscle and fat scanning period for LambPlus breeders in the country. Two of Sheep…

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Weekly update: 18/05/18

Irish Grassland Association Conference and Farm Walk The farm walk will take place on John Larges Farm in Gortnahoe Co. Tipperary on Tuesday May 22nd. John is one of four…

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Weekly Update: 04/05/18

LambPlus Deadline The deadline for entering lambs onto the Sheep Ireland database has now passed. Any lambs entered onto the system from Tuesday 1st May onwards will not receive €urostar…

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