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Hill Ram sales 2024
Check the calendar and information about the oncoming Hill Ram sales 2024 with SIS-eligible rams. Several Hill breed Groups have been working together with Sheep Ireland, planning actions to support the farmer’s requirements for the Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS) to…
Flockbook Management Services
Sheep Ireland Flockbook Management Screens Introduction Sheep Ireland have designed a sophisticated flockbook management system which is currently being used by the majority of Irish sheep breed societies to maintain their society flockbooks (see full list below) to manage their…
How do €uroStars work for imported animals?
Are you a pedigree breeder importing rams or ewes into Ireland? Each year a considerable number of LambPlus pedigree ram breeders travel abroad to source new genetic lines for their respective sheep breeds. As the €uroStar indexes are unique to…
How to check if my ram was eligible at the date of purchase for the SIS?
Do I need to submit to the Department any proof to show that I have purchased the required SIS ram? No proof need to be submitted. There is no requirement to send any documentation to the Department. If a flock…
Linkage status for 2025 season
Every year in May, after completion of the lambing registrations, linkage status is updated for all LambPlus flocks. Breeders need to take action during the mating season to keep the flocks linked. That means that the decisions made now will…
Genotyped Ram Action: Check rams SIS eligibility before purchase
When purchasing an SIS ram it's important to consider that the ram needs to be eligible at the date of being catalogued for a sale, or at the date of the purchase docket to accomplish the Scheme's Genotyped Ram Action…
Sheep Ireland Guide & Directory of Breeders 2024
The Sheep Ireland Guide & Directory of Breeders 2024 is now available and has been posted out to over 19,000 commercial breeders this month, in time for the breeding season. The guide & directory highlights pedigree breeders who are involved…
Sheep Ireland's €urostar Multibreed Sale Report 2024
Sheep Ireland sales going from strength to strength! Sheep Ireland’s 14th Annual Multi-Breed Ram sale occurred on Saturday, August 24th, in Tullamore Mart. The Sheep Ireland sale still remains to be the largest catalogued ram sale in Ireland. Whilst maintaining…
€uroStar evaluations appearing on mart boards in real time new development
A major new development between Sheep Ireland and Irish sheep marts is being launched this weekend. For many years Irish cattle farmers (sellers and buyers) have had the benefit of real time genetic evaluation data appearing via mart sales ring…
It’s on this Saturday, August 24th! – Elite Multi-Breed €urostar Ram Sale. Download the Catalogue.
Sheep Ireland's LambPlus €uroStar Multi-Breed Ram sale will take place on this Saturday, August 24th at 11:30 am in Tullamore Mart (Eircode R35 A662). The catalogue is now available! Click here to download it: 2024 Elite Multi-breed Ram sale Catalogue…
€urostar Indexes – how do they work?
Do they work in a commercial farm? Yes. Data used in the €uroStar evaluations also comes from commercial grass-based sheep flocks which means that a lot of the data included in the €uroStar indexes is independently collected by Sheep Ireland…
New Genomic Inbreeding Checker
New Genomic Inbreeding Checker Over the past few months Sheep Ireland have been working on a new ‘Genomic Inbreeding’ facility where two genotyped rams of the same breed can be compared to each other to see what level of relationship…
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