New Ultrasound Scanning Machines to Capture Lamb Muscle Depth and Backfat Today (Friday 27th May) Sheep Ireland scanning technicians are on the UCD farm at Lyons Estate to complete training…
Ultrasound Muscle and Backfat Scanning Another scanning season is about to begin again soon. The first flocks scanned will be some early lambing Vendeen breeders who tend to lamb down…
Sheep Ireland AGM 5th May The AGM on Thursday adopted the 2015 audited accounts, and approved the appointment of Ernst and Young as auditors for 2016. Sheep Ireland Board Meeting…
LambPlus Deadline (30th April) Tomorrow (Saturday) is the cut-off point - after this date any lamb entered on the database will not receive €uro-Star evaluations for the year, this has…
LambPlus Deadline We are in the final week for submitting lambing data with the deadline of 30th April only 8 days away. As each year passes breeders become more familiar…
LambPlus Ram Sale Reminder The date for the LambPlus multibreed ram sale is set for Saturday 20th August in Tullamore mart, Co. Offaly. This sale has been a very successful…
Over the past number of days Sheep Ireland have been visiting the Central Progeny Test flocks to capture lambs 40 day weights. All CPT ewes and lambs have been weighed…
The health status of a flock can have a huge impact on the profitability due to reduced thrive, increased treatment costs, increased labour inputs and increased culling rates. Sheep Ireland…