Weekly Update: 20/03/2015
Hill sheep performance recording It is estimated by the 2011 Teagasc national farm survey that up to 24% of our breeding ewes are predominantly Blackface Mountain or Cheviot. These breeds…
Hill sheep performance recording It is estimated by the 2011 Teagasc national farm survey that up to 24% of our breeding ewes are predominantly Blackface Mountain or Cheviot. These breeds…
New Sheep Ireland data recording screens In recent weeks the number of breeders entering data onto the new Sheep Ireland website has increased significantly. The number of breeders recording their…
CPT Lambing takes off Our CPT flocks are extremely busy this week, with lambing in full flow. There have been no issues so far with the favourable weather conditions being…
UCD Agriculture and Food Careers Day This week Sheep Ireland and ICBF attended this very important day in the in the Irish agricultural calendar as it gives the soon to…
Sheep Technology Adoption Programme 2015 STAP is has moved into its third year and the terms and conditions have recently been published on the DAFM website. As has been mentioned…
MALP & CPT meetings This week we met with our CPT and MALP flocks to update them on the latest Sheep Ireland activities and discuss plans for the upcoming lambing…
Ovigen This week, information letters have been circulated to all LambPlus breeders informing them of plans for this research project. We plan to visit our first pedigree flocks next week.…
CPT Update - Pregnancy scanning This week the final CPT flocks were pregnancy scanned. This is always a nervous time as we wait to calculate the ewe conception rate to…