Sheep Ireland Graduate Programme (Full Time)
Description We are looking for one graduate to join our hard working and innovative team in our state of the art offices in Ballincollig, Co. Cork. Throughout the programme, you…
Description We are looking for one graduate to join our hard working and innovative team in our state of the art offices in Ballincollig, Co. Cork. Throughout the programme, you…
When a ewe is being genetically evaluated for her maternal traits, the number of lambs produced reflects her prolificacy and this is reflected in her Number of Lambs Born (NLB)…
Over 1450 flocks have signed up to performance record their animals in 2024. Now that the deadline for joining LambPlus has passed for lowland breeders, Sheep Ireland is delighted to…
Lambing Difficulty can be the single biggest burden on sheep farms at lambing time. It's important information that should be recorded properly. If lambs sired by a particular ram prove…
Hill Breeding Groups have been working together with Sheep Ireland taking action to support the farmer’s requirements for the Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS). Sheep Ireland has identified 17 Hill Groups…
As you may know, the National Sheep Breed Improvement Program aims to enhance the genetic merit of sheep breeds through various strategies, including selective breeding. One critical aspect of this…
Foster and pet lambs should be recorded under the genetic dam's lambing information. From a genetic evaluation perspective, if lambs are recorded under the foster ewe's information, the foster ewes…
Genotype your stock rams for the best chances of producing SIS eligible rams for this season. SIS eligible rams are in high demand since the launch of the SIS scheme…
Sheep Ireland has been actively recording mouths of hill sheep since 2021. Presently Sheep Ireland has two hill flockbooks recording; the Mayo-Connemara ram group and the Donegal Wicklow Cheviot group.…
How to record a lambing event and lambs’ information using the LambPlus App. The aim of the LambPlus App is that it acts like an electronic version of your lambing…
How to record a lambing event and lambs' information using Sheep Ireland online services. Once you are in the Lambing Management page you will be presented with all the females…
The Data Quality Index (DQI) is an index that rates flocks based on the quality and quantity of the data recorded on the flock over the previous year. This index…