CPT Lambing CPT lambing has now commenced on 3 out of our 4 CPT flocks. We collect large amounts of data on ewes and lambs at this time, which is…

European Innovation Partnership for Agriculture Productivity and Sustainability This week Sheep Ireland attended a workshop on EIP-AGRI (European Innovation Partnership for Agriculture Productivity and Sustainability). EIP-AGRI will fund a large…

Teagasc National Hill Conference The Hill conference took place in Westport on Wednesday. Frank Campion spoke about the potential benefit of using performance recorded rams in the years to come.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…