CPT AI complete The final day of AI took place this Tuesday on the farm of Brian Nicholson, Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny. All in all, the AI programme went extremely well…

CPT AI Progress Well As of today (Friday 21st) we have artificially inseminated 1,800 ewes as part of the 2016 CPT programme. The AI has gone very well. In general…

CPT AI has begun The first 299 Central Progeny Test (CPT) ewes of 2016 are currently being artificially inseminated today (Friday 14th). There is a further 2,100 ewes remaining to…

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…