Weekly Update: 22/07/16
Premier Sales 2016 Sales catalogues for most sheep breed premier sales are now complete or close to completion. The Vendeen premier sale took place on Wednesday 13th July in Roscommon…
Premier Sales 2016 Sales catalogues for most sheep breed premier sales are now complete or close to completion. The Vendeen premier sale took place on Wednesday 13th July in Roscommon…
Kevin McDermott Sheep IReland explains some of the difference found in the CPT between 2013 and 2015 when comparing 1 Star vs 5 Star at an individual trait level over…
Sales catalogues for most sheep breed premier sales are now complete or close to completion (Catalogues available under publications). Looking at the premier sale catalogues available to date the percentage…
Ram Breeder Workshops This week marks the final week of our ram breeder workshops. On Monday evening (11th July) we visited the flock of James and David McKane in Killygordon,…
Ram Breeder Workshops This week saw the ram breeder workshops kicking off, starting on Monday evening (4th July); we visited the flock of Anne and Aidan Murphy near Gorey, Co.…
Ultrasound Scanning Catalogue entries for premier ram sales are being prepared by some breed societies at present and we are prioritising Ultrasound scanning for these breeds. Last week 25 flocks…
Directions: Teagasc Event signs will be used to direct you to the farms Aidan & Anne Murphy – Farm will be sign posted from the N11 approximately 1 km north…
Sheep Ireland and Teagasc Pedigree Breeder Workshops This coming July, Sheep Ireland in association with Teagasc are planning to hold a number of on-farm evening workshops (starting at 7.00pm) for…
Collection of CPT 100 Day Weights This week we started organising and collecting the CPT 100 day weights, two flocks were completed this week with the remaining three flocks being…
New Lambing Report Launched A new lambing report has been put live for all LambPlus flocks; this report gives farmers the ability to view the physical performance of their flock…
Our current scanning machines were simply too old, prone to breakdowns and are no longer serviceable. The new machines will be a major improvement and will hopefully contribute to capturing more accurate data, due…
Ram breeder workshops on the €uroStar evaluations This coming July, Sheep Ireland in association with Teagasc are planning to hold a number of on-farm evening workshops for Irish ram breeders.…