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Winner of the Best Poster at the Sheep Breeders Round Table 2019
Sheep Ireland attended the Sheep Breeders Round Table which was held on Friday 15th to Sunday 17th November 2019, near East Midlands Airport, Derbyshire, England. The event was well attended by farmers, breeders, researchers, vets and many industry representatives. Sheep Ireland…
Second Nominee for the Highest Achieving LambPlus Flock 2019 - Eoghan Barrett – Alloon Belclares (BE)
Alloon Belclares have been nominated for the highest achieving LambPlus flock in 2019. Eoghan Barrett established Alloon Belclares near Ballymacward, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway in 2015 and has been performance recording with the LambPlus programme ever since. Alloon Belclares is the…
Second Nominee for Most improved LambPlus flock 2019 - Ornaith Clarke – Trojan Texels (OCE)
Trojan Texels is the second of five flocks nominated for the most improved LamPlus flock in 2019. Based in Boyerstown near Navan, Co. Meath the Trojan flock is owned by Ornaith Clarke. The Trojan flock was established in 2004 and…
First Nominee for Highest Achieving LambPlus Flock 2019 - John Renehan – Violet Hill Belclares (JR)
John Renehan has been nominated for the highest achieving LambPlus flock in 2019 and farms near Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny. Violet Hill Belclares are one of three flocks nominated for the Highest Achieving LambPlus Flock 2019 and the other two flocks…
First Nominee for Most improved LambPlus flock 2019 - Flor Ryan – Lawn Texels (FRI)
Flor Ryan farms Lawn Texels near prosperous in Co. Kildare and has been nominated for the most improved LambPlus flock 2019. Lawn Texels are one of five flocks nominated for the most improved LambPlus flock 2019 and the other four…
Across-breed genetic evaluations in Ireland – Increasing the choice, increasing the genetic gain
At the recent Sheep Breeders Round Table conference in Derbyshire, England, Sheep Irelands Alan Bohan presented a poster on the work that has been done on Across-breed evaluations. The poster describes how the across breed evaluation can compare animals regardless…
LambPlus Deadline 1st December 2019
Sheep Ireland have been circulated to and existing breeders this week. If you are a new member to LambPlus 2020 (this sign up is now out of date contact us on the info below to obtain a revised sign-up). Existing…
Sheep Ireland at the Sheep Breeders Round Table 2019 - 'Becoming the Best Sheep Industry in the World'
Sheep Ireland attended the Sheep Breeders Round Table which was held on Friday 15th to Sunday 17th November 2019, near East Midlands Airport, Derbyshire, England. The event was well attended by farmers, breeders, researchers, vets and many industry representatives. Sheep Ireland…
New Pregnancy Report Available!
Sheep Ireland have launched a new pregnancy scanning report following the recent update to the DQI with addition of pregnancy scanning now accounting for a percentage of a LambPlus breeders overall DQI. This report is very useful in determining how…
New Weight Report Available!
Sheep Ireland have launched a new weight report that is available for all members of the LambPlus Program. This report is very useful in determining your slowest and fastest growing lambs from each other. Once you log into your Sheep…
New Health Report Available!
Sheep Ireland have launched a new health report that is available for all members of the LambPlus Program. This report is very useful in determining the efficiency of your flock, inform and update you on current level of performance according…
Sheep Ireland Scrapie Genotypes get Department of Agriculture Approval
Good new this week for breeders involved with the Sheep Ireland breed improvement programme as the genotyping service provided via Sheep Ireland has now been approved by the Department of Agriculture, food & the Marine (DAFM) for generating scrapie results…
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