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Winner of Interbreed LambPlus Class at NSBA Red Mills Championships 2019
The inaugural Lambplus class at the NSBA Red Mills Championships 2019 took place on Saturday 8th June. The purpose of this class was to showcase 5 star rams to potential commercial purchasers who hailed from all over the country. The…
Summer Breeding Workshops 2019
This year in conjunction with Teagasc, Sheep Ireland will be holding breeding evening workshops throughout Ireland. This is the first time that these events will specifically cater for commercial farmers and pedigree breeders together. To do this the attendees will…
Ultrasound Muscle & Fat Scanning 2019 Update
Muscle and fat scanning has well and truly taken off for the 2019 scanning season with 50 plus flocks being scanned so far. Once Sheep Ireland received notice where breeders wished to scan, we then calculated the ideal scanning date…
NSBA Red Mills Sheep Championships takes place this Saturday 8th June 2019
Sheep Ireland will be attending the National Sheep Breeders Association (NSBA) Red Mills Sheep Championships which takes place this Saturday 8th June 2019. Sheep Ireland proudly sponsors this event and look forward to meeting people on Saturday. A new Interbreed…
Bring a Fifth Parentage Verified Ram into the Sheep Ireland Sale 2019
This is to promote the practice of parentage verification and to reward the breeders that do so. If a breeder parentage verifies all the lambs they have entered into the sale, they will be permitted to bring a 5th parentage…
How to Check your Genomic Results
Once you have ordered your genotype (click here to find out how to order genotypes), the video below illustrates the steps to take when checking for the parentage results of these genotypes. As illustrated below, breeders can examine results from…
Ultrasound Muscle & Fat Scanning 2019
Please Text SCANNING by TODAY Friday 24th May to guarantee being Muscle and Fat Scanned this year. What are the Benefits of Scanning? Ultrasound scanning information is used as a very good predictor of carcass confirmation and fat levels in…
CPT 40 Day Weights
Last week Sheep Ireland visited some of the later lambing CPT flocks to capture some 40 day weights. While visiting Brian Nicholson's farm in County Kilkenny, weights as well as body condition scores, dag scores and any incidences of lameness…
Flock Visits - Where we are today
David Coen outlined where Sheep Ireland currently stand concerning LambPlus flock visits at the Sheep Ireland Industry Meeting held on Monday 29th April 2019 in Tullamore Court Hotel, County Offaly. View David's presentation can be found here. It is David's…
New Research in Sheep Breeding
Fiona McGovern outlined some of the research to be carried out over the next 2-3 years in relation to Sheep breeding at the Sheep Ireland Industry Meeting held on Monday 29th April 2019 in Tullamore Court Hotel, County Offaly. The…
Review of a very positive Sheep Ireland industry meeting
On Monday (29th April), Sheep Ireland held their latest sheep industry meeting. A crowd of 80 stakeholders from across the industry were in attendance, and lots of great discussion from the floor. The session was chaired by Donagh Berry (Teagasc).…
Genotyping Handling, Timeline & Cost
Sheep Ireland’s Ciara Long presented the Ovidata genotyping process at the Sheep Ireland Industry Meeting held on Monday 29th April 2019 in Tullamore Court Hotel, County Offaly. The synopsis of Ciara's presentation on the day are outlined below. View Ciara's…
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