CPT Lambing has commenced All Central Progeny Test flocks have now started their lambing. The intensive data capture is going very well so far. Weather conditions have been favorable enough…

Central Progeny Test 2017 Lambing is about to begin across our CPT flocks. The first lambs are due to arrive on Sunday which will mark 141 days after AI. Peak…

CPT Preparation Sheep Ireland is in the final stages of preparing for the 2017 CPT Lambing season, with contractors and students forming the labour required to give the 24 hour…

Hill sheep parentage recording Sheep Ireland is continuing to work with Hill sheep groups around the country to establish parentage recording. The first step for all of these groups is…

OVIGEN Parentage Reports This week the first DNA parentage verification reports were circulated to some pedigree sheep breeders that agreed to participate in the OVIGEN sheep genomics research project. There…

Promotion of Sheep Genetic Improvement It’s clear that there is no silver bullet in terms of promoting genetic improvement to the industry. One thing that is clear however is that…

Lamb Quality Score (LQS) In 2016 a lamb quality score (LQS) was collected on over 2000 central progeny test lambs when they were between 60 -100 days of off age.…

Sheep Ireland Board Meeting Thursday 19th January The next meeting of the Sheep Ireland Board takes place next week. As usual we encourage anyone with queries, suggestions or issues to…

Happy New Year Happy new year to all readers of this weekly update. We look forward to the coming year and will aim to continue the development of the €uro-Star…

Sheep Ireland (www.sheep.ie) continued to make excellent progress in 2016, with strong leadership from its Chairman James Murphy and a strong development team operating under the stewardship of Eamon Wall.…

Firstly, 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…