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…
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…
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…
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…
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)…
This report groups progeny performance by maternal grandsire, enabling breeders to compare which stock rams are producing the most efficient and productive ewes. When opening the report you will find…
When to weigh LambPlus lambs? Check these tables. All lambs DO NOT need to be weighed when they are exactly 40, 100, or 150 days of age. If lambs are weighed between the parameters…
Once you access you Farmer Homepage, genomic results from genotyped animals are displayed in the Genomic Results report screen. Parentage results, Scrapie type, and the Inbreeding Coefficient %, are displayed…
Through the Genomic Ordering screen, you can select different options considering if you are genotyping; lambs at birth, adult animals, or semen (pellet/straw). Ordering DNA tags for animals in your…
This European Innovation Partnership (EIP) project supports hill sheep breeders with a €650,000 funding. The project aims to establish Hill sheep flockbooks for Ireland by genotyping selected female sheep to record ancestry; critical for…
This report provides valuable management tools and insights into your flock’s lambing performance. This is what you’ll see when you open your lambing report: For ewes, it details lambing status,…
All breeders must record the lambing information before April 30th. For any animal to retrieve Eurostars this year, breeders are required by Sheep Ireland as well as the majority of…