Weekly Update: 22/12/17
Happy Christmas to all readers of this Sheep Ireland Update. We would like to thank all LambPlus members, sheep breed societies, commercial sheep farmers and all industry stakeholders for their…
Happy Christmas to all readers of this Sheep Ireland Update. We would like to thank all LambPlus members, sheep breed societies, commercial sheep farmers and all industry stakeholders for their…
Sheep Ireland (www.sheep.ie) continued to make excellent progress in 2017, with strong leadership from its Chairman, James Murphy, and a strong development team operating under the stewardship of Eamon Wall…
Case Study: Shaun & Seamus Gahan, Graiguenamanagh Co. Kilkenny ; Barrowlands Flock Shaun and Seamus Gahan run a flock of pedigree Suffolk ewes. The flock has been performance recording with…
LambPlus Sign-Ups 2018 Over the past few weeks hundreds of LambPlus Sign-Up Forms have been received and processed. Once again, the number of flocks that have signed up for LambPlus…
Background The national Central Progeny Test (CPT) which is run by Sheep Ireland is one of the most valuable breeding resources in the country. The CPT gives a means for…
CPT Ram Update All breeders have received a letter this week letting them know how their ram performed throughout the CPT. Also as part of our ongoing effort to try…
Last year Sheep Ireland carried out several case studies on how accurately the €uro-Stars can predict the pregnancy scanning results in performance recording flocks, and the results were extremely encouraging…
LambPlus Sign-Ups 2018 For any pedigree sheep breeders, the closing date for joining LambPlus for the 2018 season is today (1st December). Sheep Ireland has communicated this date to all…