Weekly Update: 22/04/16

LambPlus Deadline We are in the final week for submitting lambing data with the deadline of 30th April only 8 days away. As each year passes breeders become more familiar…

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Weekly Update: 08/04/16

LambPlus Ram Sale Reminder The date for the LambPlus multibreed ram sale is set for Saturday 20th August in Tullamore mart, Co. Offaly. This sale has been a very successful…

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Recording Health Data

The health status of a flock can have a huge impact on the profitability  due to reduced thrive, increased treatment costs, increased labour inputs and increased culling rates. Sheep Ireland…

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Weekly Update: 01/04/16

Ovigen DNA Collection Update The first major phase of the Ovigen project will be coming to an end next week when the final flocks will be visited for DNA collection.…

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Weekly Update: 26/02/16

LambPlus A text has been circulated to all LambPlus breeders reminding them about the importance of recording any outstanding lambing information and in some cases weights. The sooner lambs are…

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Weekly Update: 12/02/16

OVIGEN Update This week we circulated letters to any 2015 LambPlus breeders yet to be visited for the purposes of OVIGEN. The opportunity for LambPlus ram breeders to get each…

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Weekly Update: 05/02/16

LambPlus Recording Many breeders have now completed their intensive first batch of lambing and are now lambing down the ewes that repeated after AI and/or first service. As the pressure…

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