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…
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…
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…
Over the past number of days Sheep Ireland have been visiting the Central Progeny Test flocks to capture lambs 40 day weights. All CPT ewes and lambs have been weighed…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…