Inbreeding Checker Launched Sheep Ireland has launched a new “Inbreeding Checker” for all of its LambPlus members. The Inbreeding Checker will allow breeders to compare up to 5 potential rams…
Ram Breeder Workshops This week marks the final week of our ram breeder workshops. On Monday evening (11th July) we visited the flock of James and David McKane in Killygordon,…
Ultrasound Scanning Catalogue entries for premier ram sales are being prepared by some breed societies at present and we are prioritising Ultrasound scanning for these breeds. Last week 25 flocks…
Collection of CPT 100 Day Weights This week we started organising and collecting the CPT 100 day weights, two flocks were completed this week with the remaining three flocks being…
New Ultrasound Scanning Machines to Capture Lamb Muscle Depth and Backfat Today (Friday 27th May) Sheep Ireland scanning technicians are on the UCD farm at Lyons Estate to complete training…
Are you interested in Scanning this year? If you wish to have your flock scanned for Muscle and Fat depth this year please TEXT the word SCANNING to 089 4577665…
Premier ram sales These sales continue to take place around the country. Last week both the Charollais and Belclare sales took place with significant interest in €uroStar evaluations noticeable in…
Premier Sale prepartions This week Sheep Ireland has recieved alot of queries from breeders in relation to upcoming premier sales and evaluation data for sale catalogues. Each year there is…