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Over the past 6 years, Sheep Ireland has been purchasing rams for use in natural Mating on a proportion of the CPT ewes. After testing the rams, Sheep Ireland offers a unique opportunity for farmers and Breeders in particular to purchase…

The Sheep Ireland Guide & Directory of Breeders 2026 is now available and will be posted out to commercial farmers this month, in time for the breeding season. The Guide & Directory highlights pedigree breeders who are involved in the LambPlus programme and who…

Pre-Entries will be closing on Friday, 26th June at 11.59pm. Only breeders who enter at this stage will gain access to the final entries in early August provided they meet all other entry requirements. Important: pre-entering for the sale does not guarantee entry to…

Sheep Ireland is introducing a new feature for the Catalogue Sales Card for this season. This innovation is designed to make it easier than ever for farmers to access key information when purchasing rams at sales. The Catalogue Sales Card…

When to weigh LambPlus lambs? Check these tables. All lambs DO NOT need to be weighed when they are exactly 40 - 100 - 150 days of age. If lambs are weighed between the parameters outlined below in Table 1, the Sheep Ireland…

Every year, Sheep Ireland offers a unique opportunity for farmers and breeders to purchase some CPT proven genetics. This Thursday, at the Teagasc National Sheep Conference, farmers and breeders will be able to view each of them before the final…

Planning your ram purchases this season just got easier. We’ve added to our website a new Ram Sales tab, where you can quickly find all upcoming sales in one place.  This new Ram Sales tab gives you instant access to…

The Sheep Ireland Elite €uroStar Multi-Breed Ram sale will take place on Saturday, August 22nd 2026 in Kilkenny Mart, Co. Kilkenny. Sheep Ireland Ram Sale – Dates to Remember: It is advised that potential rams for the sale are DNA sampled and…

After a breeder sends the tissue samples to the lab, the genotyping process can take up to 4 weeks, unless it requires a re-testing. The Steps are as follows: Breeders can login to their Sheep Ireland account and select the…

How can full siblings have different star ratings? A question which is often asked as the lambing season has come to an end, as more and more new information is flowing into the genomic evaluations, is how can full siblings…

The new weighing report allows you to see the weights recorded on your flock in the lambing season selected,  offering a wide range of filters allowing to further investigate the flock performance. Once you log into your Sheep Ireland account,…

After completion of the 2026 lambing recording, linkage status is now updated for all LambPlus flocks. Flock linkage refers to the genetic connectivity/relatedness between flocks. Providing accurate €uroStars (genetic evaluations) to a performance recording flock is only possible if the…