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Sheep Ireland Elite €uroStar Multi-Breed Ram sale will take place on Saturday, August 24th 2024 in Tullamore Mart, Co. Offaly. Important Dates How to Enter Once logged into your Sheep Ireland account, you can access the sales entry page either by selecting the…

Sheep Ireland Elite €uroStar Multi-Breed Ram sale will take place on Saturday, August 24th 2024 in Tullamore Mart, Co. Offaly. The success of the sale has been primarily driven by the increased level of entry criteria, to ensure that farmers are presented with the highest…

Now that the CPT Ram sale has finished, all the team here at Sheep Ireland would like to thank all the buyers and bidders and wish them the best of luck with their purchases. We would like to thank all…

The first of the Summer Breeding Workshops is set to take place in John Larges this Thursday 18/07/2024. There will be speakers from both Teagasc and Sheep Ireland, this event will be aimed at both pedigree and commercial farmers. John…

Euro-Star Indexes quantify the genetic component of an animal’s performance across all traits of importance for Irish sheep farmers. Overall Indexes in Sheep There are two Euro-Star Index's; Replacement Index Terminal Index. This is to facilitate the use of Euro-Star…

This is a unique opportunity for farmers and Breeders in particular to purchase proven genetics. The sale will take place between today, the 9th and the 11th of July.   Over the past 4 years Sheep Ireland has been purchasing…

In conjunction with Teagasc, Sheep Ireland will be holding summer breeding workshops throughout the country. These events will specifically cater for commercial farmers and pedigree breeders together. Each workshop will begin at 7:00pm.   This is a great opportunity for…

This is a unique opportunity for farmers and Breeders in particular to purchase proven genetics. Viewing date: 8th July , 12 to 14 pm, at Andrew Moloney's farm, Edenderry,  Co. Offaly, Eircode R45W596. Over the past 4 years Sheep Ireland…

Breeders aiming to attend the sale must send the DNA samples to the lab before the end of June. Check the criteria and important dates. Sheep Ireland Elite €uroStar Multi-Breed Ram sale will take place on Saturday, August 24th 2024 in Tullamore Mart,…

Sheep Ireland Board elections affords the opportunity to stakeholders to have their say on who represents them on the Board participating in the  governance. The aim of the Sheep Ireland board is to have all the different sectors of the…

Find out all about the Sheep Improvement Scheme Genotyped Ram action by checking the following FAQs. 1.    When do I need to complete the Genotyped Ram task? All participants are required to complete the Genotyped Ram action at least once…

The genomic evaluation runs weekly, there is potential for index movements due to new data flowing into the evaluation.  The star rating system (Table €urostar Categories 1-5 stars) was incorporated into the Euro-Star Index to make it easier for farmers…