LambPlus breeder Brian Mathews talks about how LambPlus helped his sale season in 2020 Brian Mathews of Quarrymount Pedigrees is a name well recognised in the Irish Sheep industry, especially among Pedigree breeders as he has won numerous shows and…

IE044561203328E, MURPHYS DALLAS, PXE2003328 is a Texel ram lamb who is a member of the Natural Mating team on CPT farmer, John Large's, County Tipperary farm. He is DNA verified to the majority of his paternal ancestry tree with the…

CPT Mating has now come to an end for another year. The list of the rams that were used this year for Artificial Insemination is below. To view the €uroStars of each ram, simply click on their Pedigree ID and…

IE041437805683A, BAWNARD , D3220044 is a Charollais ram lamb who is featuring in the natural CPT mating team 2020! This Bawnard ram lamb was bred by LambPlus breeder Jim & Frampton Jeffery based in County Cork, with the ram lamb…

IE042855504387F, COLUMBKILLE , Y472004387 is a suffolk ram bred by LambPlus breeder Richard Moore who runs the Columbkille flock in Kilkenny. Y472004387 is part of the natural CPT mating ram team this year and is currently residing with CPT farmer…

Tom Stauton, Co. Mayo, has been a LambPlus breeder for the last number of years and is recording his Bluefaced Leicester and Lanark sheep on the Sheep Ireland database. Tom has written an excellent piece in the Farming Independent this…

IE046086701008D, PIPER'S HALL DANCE, PPE2001008, TX27238  has joined the Texel group of ram lambs chosen for natural mating in the CPT and resides in  Brian Nicholson's flock in Co. Kilkenny. Piper's hall dance is in the top 2% in the…

IE043713005620F, GROVE DARIO, EQI2005620, TX28400 is another Texel ram lamb featuring as part of the natural CPT mating ram team this year and take up residence in Andrew Maloney's flock in Co. Offaly. Grove Dario is a single born ram…

This year as part of the Central Progeny Test (CPT), Sheep Ireland is mating a proportion of the ewes naturally. Twelve ram lambs were purchased from pedigree breeders that fit the required criteria. The main criteria for selection was a…

Across the country pedigree and commercial sheep farmers are busy preparing their stock for the current breeding season. Over the last few weeks there have been many visits to Ovidata flocks by Sheep Ireland and Teagasc technicians in preparation of…

This year has been extraordinary in terms of the global pandemic with Covid 19 causing havoc across the globe. However, even with the struggles that come with trying to live amongst a pandemic, essential farming work still needs to be…

This year as part of the Central Progeny Test (CPT), Sheep Ireland is mating a proportion of the ewes naturally. To do this Sheep Ireland have purchased ram lambs from Pedigree breeders that fit the criteria. How will the Natural…