Sheep Ireland in conjunction with Teagasc are facilitating Ovidata, which is a European Innovation Partnership project assessing the use of genomic technologies for Irish sheep farmers.  With year one now over, it has been a successful one in terms of…

Sheep Ireland developed the LambPlus App over one year ago and have spent countless hours implementing and incorporating feedback from users to improve the user ability of the application. Sheep Ireland encourages users to give as much feedback as possible…

CPT Artificial Insemination (AI)  is in full swing this week with fresh semen from rams LambPlus breeders across the country being used. Check out Sheep Ireland in action on CPT flocks this week in the below gallery. To find out…

CPT Sponging The purpose of the CPT sponging is to synchronise ewes oestrus cycle for the day of AI. All CPT ewes are weighed, body condition scored , lameness recorded, dag scored and mastitis recorded, this is all recorded​ using…

Sheep Ireland LambPlus breeders are near the beginning of the mating season, which is an ideal time to record their ewe mature weights. Ewes will be indoors at some stage in preparation for the breeding season ahead so what better…

Sheep Ireland are in the process of collecting rams entered into the CPT for the 2019/2020 breeding season. CPT rams are currently being transported to UCD Lyons estate in Dubin where they are being looked after by Sheep Ireland technicians.…

This year, Sheep Ireland could be found at the Irish Farmers Journal Marquee at the 2019 National Ploughing Championships in Ballntrane, Fenagh, Co. Carlow. Sheep Ireland speakers, Eamon Wall and Kevin Mc Dermott were focusing on what is currently happening…

Recording your Mating Recording your mating is a very important start to retrieving the correct parentage status of your animals. Determining the parentage of animals is the basis of all genetic evaluations to ensure they are as accurate as possible.…

Sheep Ireland will be taking part in the ploughing championships 2019 which is to commence on the 17th, 18th and 19th September in  Ballintrane, Fenagh, Co. Carlow. Sheep Ireland will be found in the Irish Farmers Journal (IFJ) livestock marque.…

The time has come around again for Sheep Ireland to start selecting rams for use in the CPT program for the 2023 breeding season. The CPT is a critical element of the National Sheep Breed Improvement program and is a huge…

Sheep Ireland’s 9th Annual Multi-Breed Ram can now boast to be the largest catalogued ram sale in Ireland. The 2019 sale saw the highest number of ram entries in the sales history with 371 entries catalogued - an increase from…

Sheep Ireland's Elite €uro-Star Multi-Breed Ram Sale is tomorrow August 24th 2019 in Tullamore and the final catalogue is now available. If you wish to download and print this catalogue prior to the sale, please make sure to go to…