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Ewe Productivity: A new trait being researched by Sheep Ireland
At the recent ICBF and Sheep Ireland Genetics Conference (ISGC) there was a poster session that showcased the latest ongoing research into animal breeding and genetics from the dairy, beef and sheep industries. Seán Godfrey, Sheep Ireland presented a poster…
Nicola Fetherstone: Winner of the ISGC Brian Wickham Award
At the recent ICBF and Sheep Ireland Genetics conference (ISGC) there was a poster session that showcased the latest ongoing research into animal breeding and genetics from the dairy, beef and sheep industries. Nicola Fetherstone is a PhD student based…
Why not use the Sheep Ireland LambPlus App to record your lambing data this year?
Over the course of the past year, Sheep Ireland have developed an App to allow breeders to record their lambing data as it happens from the lambing shed. Breeders can log in to their account which will download all their…
Sheep Ireland's Winner of the Most Improved LambPlus Flock 2018
The ICBF & Sheep Ireland Genetics Conference took place on Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th December in the Hudson Bay Hotel, Athlone. The first day of the conference consisted of the Sheep Session (and dairy session which ran parallel to…
Sheep Ireland's Winner of the Highest Achieving LambPlus Flock 2018
The ICBF & Sheep Ireland Genetics Conference took place on Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th December in the Hudson Bay Hotel, Athlone. The first day of the conference consisted of the Sheep Session (and dairy session which ran parallel to…
Accuracy of €uroStar evaluations are on the rise!!
Sheep Ireland is now 10 years in existence, and since 2009 breeders and Sheep Ireland have put in a substantial effort to record large volumes of data to increase the accuracies of the €uroStar evaluations. In order to see how…
Independent commercial data driving the Sheep Ireland €uroStars
The volume of commercial sheep data contributing to the €uroStar evaluations available to Irish sheep farmers continues to grow. Almost 50% of performance data used for genetic evaluations is now sourced from commercial flocks. These sources include; The Sheep Ireland…
ICBF & Sheep Ireland Genetics Conference: Download the Slides from Session 1B
On Wednesday and Thursday (Dec 5th and 6th) the ICBF & Sheep Ireland Genetics Conference was held in the Hudson Bay Hotel, Athlone. There were 8 speakers in this session covering a wide rage of areas relating to genetics and…
‘The €uro-Stars have added a consistency to the performance of the ewes’
Finalist for the “Most improved LambPlus Flock 2018”: Michael Bird – Dunlever Texels (BMI) Michael Bird first established the Dunlever Texel flock way back in 1980 and joined the LambPlus Program in 2011. Michael has been nominated for the Most…
Get Your Tickets today for the ICBF & Sheep Ireland Genetics Conference 2018!
Take a look at Sheep Ireland's geneticist Thierry Pabiou on what he will be covering at the exciting Genetics Conference in the Hudson Bay Hotel, Athlone, Co. Roscommon on this coming Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th December. Sustainable Farming –…
‘The €uro-Stars provide valuable information on how a ram is going to perform’
Finalist for the “Most improved LambPlus Flock 2018”: Simon Brown – Cloghala Charollais (A2) The Cloghala Charollais flock was one of the very first Charollais flocks to be established in the country way back in 1989. Simon has been an…
‘Every year, you must produce the best lambs possible, and performance recording helps to do this’
Finalist for the “Most improved LambPlus Flock 2018”: James Kelly – Castle Kelly Texels (ILI) The Castle Kelly Texel was first established by James in 2001 and he has been a member of LambPlus since it started in 2009. As…
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