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Weekly update: 09/01/2015

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…

Weekly Update: 30/01/2015

Teagasc Hill sheep conference 2015 A great crowd attended this event on Wednesday evening (28th January). One of the speakers, Mr. Sam Wharry, Sheep farmer from Northern Ireland and Chairman…

Sheep Industry Meeting

The meeting took place in the Killeshin Hotel in Portlaoise yesterday (Thursday 18th) with a wide range of industry representatives present (80 in total). There were update presentations by Teagasc,…

Ultrasound Scanning for Muscle and Fat depth

Ultrasound Scanning remains an optional component of the LambPlus performance recording scheme. Ultrasound scanning is used to replace factory carcass data that is yet not available in abundant amounts due…

Funding

Sheep Ireland funding to date 2008 - August 2012 The Department of Agriculture has provided the funding for all of Sheep Ireland activities in this period in the form of…

About Sheep Ireland

Background "Sheep Ireland" is the trading name of Sheep Database CLG and was formed in 2009 after a period of extensive consultation with the sheep industry. We were designated with…

Important Publications

This section holds routine and occasional publications produced by Sheep Ireland.

Genetic Evaluations

Genetic Evaluations Genetic Evaluations are the core of Sheep Ireland's objective as these allow farmers to compare rams from different farms based on their breeding potential and future profitability. Sheep…