Sheep Ireland’s Multi-breed Hill Ram sale 2025
Save the date! Sheep Ireland will host the second Hill Multi-breed Ram sale on Friday, 10th of October 2025 at 7 pm (Manorhamilton Mart, Co. Leitrim), with viewing starting at…
Sheep Ireland’s €urostar Multibreed Sale Report 2025
Sheep Ireland’s 15th Annual Multi-Breed Ram sale occurred on Saturday, August 23rd, in Kilkenny Mart. The Sheep Ireland sale still remains to be the largest catalogued ram sale in Ireland.…
€urostar Indexes. How do they work for commercial farmers?
Thinking of buying a 5-Star ram? Do €urostars work for commercial farmers? Yes. Data used in the €uroStar evaluations also comes from commercial grass-based sheep flocks, which means that a…
This Saturday is the Sheep Ireland €uroStar Multi-Breed Ram sale 2025! View the Catalogue here:
Sheep Ireland €uroStar Multi-Breed Ram sale will take place on Saturday, August 23rd at 10.30 am in Kilkenny Mart, R95A4VP . The Catalogue is now available! Click here to download:…
Sheep Ireland Guide & Directory of Breeders 2025
The Sheep Ireland Guide & Directory of Breeders 2025 is now available and will be posted out to over 19,000 commercial farmers this month, in time for the breeding season.…
How to record health & weights using the App?
When to weigh LambPlus lambs? Check these tables. Record your health & weights quickly, easily, and accurately, using the LambPlus App. Check this video on how to do it: All…
How to use the €uro-Stars information when buying rams?
Sheep Ireland aims to increase the genetic merit of the national sheep flock for economically important traits. With Rams sales season now upon us, and most sales including €uroStar evaluations…
Last chance for entries for the Sheep Ireland Elite €urostar Multi-Breed Ram Sale 2025!
Sheep Ireland Elite €uroStar Multi-Breed Ram sale will take place on Saturday, August 23rd 2025 in Kilkenny Mart. Closing date for entries is 12pm (midday), Tues August 5th Subs deadline is 10am,…
The impact of performance recording on Genetic Evaluations and DQI
LambPlus aims to collect as much performance information as possible for use in the Sheep Ireland genetic evaluations. Breeders collect a wide range of data on their flock right across…
New scrapie cert ordering screen!
Sheep Ireland have built a new screen which will allow breeder to request their national genotyping programme (NGP) or scrapie certs. These certs are required for export sales and exporting…
Why to use the Ram Report?
Using the Ram report you can easily compare how each of the rams performed in your flock. You can select between Lambing and Weights data. By selecting Lambing, you can…
Daire (left) & Martin (right) Warren with Toby (sheepdog)
How can a 5-star Terminal Ram impact my commercial farm results?
Martin Warren is a part-time sheep farmer from just outside Ballyshannon in Co. Donegal. His four children Daire, Gerry, Nessa, Kelsie, and father John, are all involved with the sheep…