Weekly Update: 24/04/2015
LambPlus data deadline (April 30th) We are in the final week for submitting lambing data with the deadline of April 30th only 6 days away. As a result the office…
LambPlus data deadline (April 30th) We are in the final week for submitting lambing data with the deadline of April 30th only 6 days away. As a result the office…
Ovigen flock visits The programme of DNA collection for the Ovigen genomics research project has begun. We have visited over 20 flocks to date. Before we can visit each flock…
Ovigen DNA collection update Our campaign to collect DNA from all Irish performance recorded ewes and rams has begun. A number of flocks have been visited this week and all…
Sheep Technology Adoption Programme 2015 STAP is has moved into its third year and the terms and conditions have recently been published on the DAFM website. As has been mentioned…
MALP & CPT meetings This week we met with our CPT and MALP flocks to update them on the latest Sheep Ireland activities and discuss plans for the upcoming lambing…
Ovigen This week, information letters have been circulated to all LambPlus breeders informing them of plans for this research project. We plan to visit our first pedigree flocks next week.…
LambPlus Update It’s encouraging to see a large number of Lamb Plus breeders beginning to enter their lambing data onto the new Sheep Ireland screens already. Breeders are certainly recognising…
Weekly update: 09/01/2015 Happy new year to all readers of this weekly update. We look forward to the next performance recording season with a lot of optimism and hope that…