2016 CPT Breeding Programme This week we have been busy preparing for the Central Progeny Test (CPT) AI. Four flocks have now been sponged and the remaining flocks will be…

2016 CPT breeding programme underway Today (Friday 30th) is the beginning of the CPT breeding programme with sponging of ewes taking place on the farm of James Naper, Oldcastle, Co.…

Sheep Ireland at the National Ploughing Championships Final preparations are now being put in place for the Ploughing Championships in Tullamore next week. Similar to the past number of years,…

CPT Mating Plans We are currently making plans for the mating season in the CPT. This year like previous years we will becollecting information from the ewes at mating time…

Sheep Ireland Elite €uro-Star Ram Sale Report Our annual €uro-Star ram sale took place last Saturday in Tullamore Mart and it went very well. A full sale report is available…

Sheep Ireland Elite Multi-Breed Ram Sale All roads lead to Tullamore tomorrow for the Sheep Ireland Sale which kicks off at 12:30pm. Sheep Ireland Technicians will be there from 9:00am…

Belclare RamPlus On Monday (15th August) a number of Belclare breeders came together from around Ireland to AI some of their ewes with semen from high index and high accuracy%…

LambPlus Multibreed ram sale The deadline for entries for this sale is Monday 15th August. Substitutes will be allowed up until Monday 22nd August at which point the final sales…

Premier Ram Sales On Saturday 30th July the Charollais premier sale took place in Tullow, Co. Carlow and the presence of high €uro-Star rams was very apparent with 81% of…

Inbreeding Checker Launched Sheep Ireland has launched a new “Inbreeding Checker” for all of its LambPlus members. The Inbreeding Checker will allow breeders to compare up to 5 potential rams…

Premier Sales 2016 Sales catalogues for most sheep breed premier sales are now complete or close to completion. The Vendeen premier sale took place on Wednesday 13th July in Roscommon…