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OviData – EIP Project - Eamon Wall speaking at the Sheep Ireland Industry Meeting
Sheep Ireland's Eamon Wall presented the Ovidata project at the Sheep Ireland Industry Meeting held on Monday 29th April 2019 in Tullamore Court Hotel, County Offaly. The synopsis of Eamon's presentation on the day are outlined below. To view Eamon's…
Carcass data and Across-breed now a reality in the Sheep Ireland Genetic Evaluations
Dr Theirry Pabiou presented the relevant updates to the genetic evaluations at the Sheep Ireland Industry Meeting held on Monday 29th April 2019 in Tullamore Court Hotel, County Offaly. The reason we update Genetic evaluations is so that we can…
The Importance of Recording Ewe Lambs as Not Mated
Sheep Ireland receive a volume of queries regarding recording ewe lambs that were not put to the ram. It is very important to account for ewe lambs within a flock as they may be seen to be inactive within the…
Final Reminder to Upload Any Lambing Information Before April 30th Deadline!
The deadline for entering lambing information onto the system is Tuesday April 30th, any lambs recorded on the database after this date will not receive €urostars in 2019. The €urostars for animals entered after this date will only be available…
Less Than 2 Weeks Left to Record your Lambing Information!!
LambPlus breeders must not forgot to record their lambing events! There is nearly 24,000 lambs recorded on the Sheep Ireland database. Sheep Ireland as well as breed societies require lambs to be recorded before Tuesday 30th April. It is very…
Ovidata Flock Visit
Ovidata is a European Innovation Partnership project assessing the use of genomic technologies for Irish sheep farmers. See Eamon Wall, Sheep Ireland, in the video below who visited one of the Ovidata flocks last week, Thursday 4th April. While visiting…
Sheep Ireland Industry Meeting April 2019 - Tullamore Court Hotel, Offaly.
The Sheep Ireland Industry meeting will take place on Monday April 29th and will begin at 11:30am. This meeting follows on from previous industry meetings where Sheep Ireland presented the significant research work that was underway in Ireland. This research…
Sheep Ireland Attended the Launch of NSBA Red Mills Sheep Championships 2019
Sheep Ireland attended the launch of the National Sheep Breeders Association (NSBA) Red Mills Sheep Championships this week, on Monday 8th April 2019. Sheep Ireland proudly sponsors this event which takes place on Saturday 8th June 2019. See below, Kevin…
Start Performance Recording Your Commercial Flock Today!
Sheep Ireland's David Coen visited one of Sheep Ireland's commercial farmers in County Galway this week. Barry Healy has been recording with Sheep Ireland for over 3 years and runs a flock of 100 plus commercial ewes. Commercial breeders can…
LambPlus Flock Visit Update!
Sheep Ireland Flock visits are going very well, at present 36 LambPlus flock have been visited,with commercial flocks, pedigree flocks as well as Agricultural colleges such as Salesian, Kildalton and Ballyhaise visited. Mainly early lambing breeds of LambPlus flocks were…
LambPlus Breeder's Don’t Forget to Weigh your Lambs
Late December born and early January born lambs have now passed the bracket for 40 day weights. Late January and Febuary born lambs are now are coming near the end of the bracket to record their 40 day weights, so…
Recording Lamb Vigour
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 up and suckle its mother is very important and is…
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