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Successful Breeding Workshops
This year in conjunction with Teagasc, Sheep Ireland held a number of breeding workshops throughout Ireland. These events catered for commercial farmers and pedigree breeders. Topics covered included: The host farmer along with his local advisor introduced the farm giving…
5 Star rams = €5 more profit per ewe!
Sheep Ireland has used data from the CPT to analyse the performance of sheep in a commercial setting and to validate the €urostar's. The results of this research are highlighted in the table below. Lambs bred from 5 star rams…
"There is so much more to a ram than what we see on the outside" - take it a step further this season!
This year has seen a major increase in the number of animals being genotyping, with over 2,000 ram lambs alone being genomically tested. Many pedigree breed societies took the initiative to encourage more genotyping by implementing this as a requirement…
What you need to look out for when buying a ram this season!
The early bird catches the worm! Sheep farmers work hard all year to try to maximise the performance and welfare of their flock. At this time of year, most flocks have weaned or are about to wean their lambs. The…
Level Crossing Flor has been sold!!
In 2020 as part of the CPT Natural Mating Pilot project carried out last year, Sheep Ireland purchased 12 ram lambs of multiple breeds from LambPlus flocks to mate naturally with a proportion of the CPT Ewes. One of the…
How to enter rams to the Sheep Ireland Elite €uroStar Multi-Breed Ram Sale 2021
Entries & Sale order Breeders are permitted to enter four rams from each breed in their flock. This year, flocks with over 50 ewes lambed of the same breed are allowed to enter a fifth ram for that breed. If Covid-19 restrictions remain at a high…
IMPORTANT UPDATE! Entry Criteria for Sheep Ireland Elite €uroStar Multi-Breed Ram Sale 2021
Sheep Ireland’s Elite €uro-Star Multi-Breed Ram sale will take place on Saturday, August 28th 2021 at 11:30 am in Kilkenny Mart. Entry Criteria As usual, there will be entry criteria for each ram entering this sale. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, some aspects of the sale entry criteria have been…
LambPlus flocks visits have recommenced!
Flock visits have formed an integral part of the breed improvement program since they started in January 2019. They give LambPlus breeders an opportunity to talk one-to-one with a member of the Sheep Ireland team about any concerns they have,…
Muscle and Fat Scanning Cancelled for 2021
As a result of Covid-19, Muscle and Fat (M&F) scanning has not been able to commence as normal for the 2021 season. Sheep Ireland have decided with respect to public health and safety regarding Covid-19 and as we are now…
Genotype (DNA sample) your potential entries to Sheep Ireland’s Elite €uroStar Multi-Breed Ram Sale 2021 by next Tues June 15th!
The Sheep Ireland Elite €uroStar Multi-Breed Ram sale will take place on Saturday, August 28th at 11:30 am in Kilkenny Mart. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions the Sheep Ireland Board have decided that the 2021 Sheep Ireland ram sale…
Accuracy of €uroStars, what is it and how can it be increased?
Each trait and index value has an accuracy (Acc) attached to it and this figure is simply a representation of the amount of data available on that particular animal and his/her relatives. Put simply, the higher the accuracy figure, the…
Inbreeding, barrenness rate and genetic improvement updates
Sheep Ireland hosted an annual industry meeting on Thursday, April 29th at 1 pm. This one-hour online meeting covered some of the primary outcomes of research that has been undertaken in the last year and what impact it will have…
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