Weekly Update: 23/01/2015
CPT Update - Pregnancy scanning This week the final CPT flocks were pregnancy scanned. This is always a nervous time as we wait to calculate the ewe conception rate to…
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,…
Results from a project looking at the influence of genetics on sheep health in Ireland
The objective to this study was to quantify the genetic variation in foot lesion scores, fecal egg count (FEC) and dag score of lambs, and to examine the relationship between…
The flock of Mr. JH Jameson, Rockspring, Ferns Co. Wexford (1978)
Early beginnings of sheep breed improvement: 1978
We have recently come across an archive of old Department of Agriculture records pertaining to early sheep improvement initiatives in the late 1970’s. This archive contains some interesting photographs, one…
A selection of the crowd that attended the Sheep Ireland regional meeting in Tuam. It was a very productive meeting with a good attendance from people right across the industry
LambPlus Regional Meetings 2014
Sheep Ireland are once again holding five regional around the country throughout November. These meetings will give an opportunity for all farmers (LambPlus and Non-LambPlus) to come along and discuss the Irish…
National Ploughing Championships 2014
It's that time of year again and we are well underway in our preparations for the National Ploughing Championships from the 23rd to the 25th of September in Stradbally, Co.…
Sale Report – Sheep Ireland Multibreed €uroStar sale 2014
On Saturday 23rd of August all roads lead to Tullamore for the Sheep Ireland multi-breed ram sale. Overall we were happy with the sale with 165 lots moving through…
LambPlus Sale Catalogue 2014 (Aug 23rd)
The Catalouge for the Sheep Ireland annual LambPlus Sale taking place in Tullamore mart August 23rd is now available to view by clicking here. This year there are 219 entries, and animals will…
STAP Sheep Events
Check out and Like the Sheep Ireland Facebook page to keep up to date with Events Sheep Ireland will be attending Post by Sheep Ireland.
Recording Lambing – Important Points to Remember
As the closing date for submitting lambing information approaches (APRIL 30th) many breeders are recording their lambing data with Sheep Ireland. Sheep Ireland is constantly monitoring the data that comes…
When to Weigh Your LambPlus Recorded Lambs
Below two tables that are designed to aid breeders select the best time to weigh their LambPlus performance recording lambs. As part of the LambPlus programme breeders are asked to…