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Weekly Update: 16/02/18

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UCD Agriculture Careers Day This week Sheep Ireland and ICBF attended the annual UCD Agriculture Careers Day. This event is a great opportunity for 4th year Agricultural Students to meet…

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Weekly Update: 09/02/18

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Texel Sire Genotyping Project This is an exciting new phase for the Irish Texel Sheep Society. By having these sires genotyped this will allow breeders to sire verify any lamb…

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Weekly Update: 02/02/18

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Reminder to record Lambing Information As stated previously we are making small changes to the calculation of our DQI percentage this year. Breeders are advised to submit their lambing information…

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Weekly Update: 26/01/18

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Central Progeny Test (CPT) Lambing We are in the middle of preparing for the lambing season and like many farmers it can be very difficult to find adequate labour at…

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Weekly Update: 19/01/18

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Uploading Lambing Information For many early lambing flocks the first cycle is now over and we would encourage you to use this time to transfer your lambing information from the…

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Weekly Update: 12/01/18

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Lambing Experience Available As we prepare for the busy lambing period on our 4 Central Progeny Test (CPT) flocks, we are pleased to offer lambing experience to students who may…

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Weekly Update: 05/01/18

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Flock Notebooks Flock notebooks were circulated to breeders prior to Christmas and by now all breeders should have received one. With the lambing season in full swing for some breeders…

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Weekly Update: 22/12/17

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Happy Christmas to all readers of this Sheep Ireland Update. We would like to thank all LambPlus members, sheep breed societies, commercial sheep farmers and all industry stakeholders for their…

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Weekly Update: 15/12/17

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LambPlus Sign-Ups 2018 Over the past few weeks hundreds of LambPlus Sign-Up Forms have been received and processed. Once again, the number of flocks that have signed up for LambPlus…

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Weekly Update: 08/12/17

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CPT Ram Update All breeders have received a letter this week letting them know how their ram performed throughout the CPT. Also as part of our ongoing effort to try…

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Weekly Update: 01/12/17

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LambPlus Sign-Ups 2018 For any pedigree sheep breeders, the closing date for joining LambPlus for the 2018 season is today (1st December). Sheep Ireland has communicated this date to all…

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Weekly Update 24/11/17

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LambPlus Regional Meetings Three LambPlus regional meetings took place this week in Mallow, Navan and Tuam. There are two remaining meetings, both taking place on Monday 27th November at 7:30pm…

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