Don’t forget to weigh your LambPlus Lambs
March born lambs are now due their 100 day weight and January lambs are due their scanning weight. For flocks that have chosen not to muscle and fat scan this…
March born lambs are now due their 100 day weight and January lambs are due their scanning weight. For flocks that have chosen not to muscle and fat scan this…
Sheep Ireland in conjunction with breed societies will be running RamPlus for this mating season. We will be offering LambPlus breeders the opportunity to use the frozen semen of past…
One of the biggest sheep events of the year is due to take place tomorrow. Sheep Ireland will be present at several stands in the breeding village so be sure…
This week Sheep Ireland started collecting the 100 day weights from CPT lambs on the farms of Brian Nicholson and Andrew Moloney. As part of the Sheep Ireland evaluations all…
National Sheep Breeders Association (NSBA) Championships Sheep Ireland attended the inaugural NSBA Championships in Cillin Hill Mart in Killkenny last Saturday. The day proved to be a great success with…
Charollais Flockbook Sheep Ireland are delighted to announce that the Charollais society has chosen to use Sheep Ireland as their Flockbook Management system. This brings a total of 7 societies…
Ultrasound Muscle & Fat Depth Scanning M&F scanning has been in full swing this week with Lamplus breeders at all corners of the country scanning their lambs. At the beginning…
Ultrasound Muscle and fat Depth Scanning (M&F Scanning) This week marks the beginning of a busy muscle and fat scanning period for LambPlus breeders in the country. Two of Sheep…
Irish Grassland Association Conference and Farm Walk The farm walk will take place on John Larges Farm in Gortnahoe Co. Tipperary on Tuesday May 22nd. John is one of four…
M&F Scanning Correlation This week, Sheep Irelands Muscle and Fat Scanning Technicians came together to have a correlation day. The Muscle and Fat Scanning is a huge source of data…
LambPlus Deadline The deadline for entering lambs onto the Sheep Ireland database has now passed. Any lambs entered onto the system from Tuesday 1st May onwards will not receive €urostar…
Final Reminder LambPlus Deadline The deadline for entering lambing information onto the system is this coming Monday April 30th, after this date any lambs entered will not receive genetic evaluations…