Weekly Update: 16/02/18
UCD Agriculture Careers Day This week Sheep Ireland and ICBF attended the annual UCD Agriculture Careers Day. This event is a great opportunity for 4th year Agricultural Students to meet…
UCD Agriculture Careers Day This week Sheep Ireland and ICBF attended the annual UCD Agriculture Careers Day. This event is a great opportunity for 4th year Agricultural Students to meet…
We are very excited about this new phase of data recording and we hope this will make it easier for breeders to performance record their lambs. This App is essentially…
EdX in conjunction with Wageningen University and Research are offering a free 7 week online course on Animal Breeding and Genetics. This online course opens on the 13th of February. On…
Texel Sire Genotyping Project This is an exciting new phase for the Irish Texel Sheep Society. By having these sires genotyped this will allow breeders to sire verify any lamb…
Follow these simple steps to order a DNA tag Log into your Sheep Ireland Ensure the ram is present in your flock inventory. Go to your mating screen (under management)…
Reminder to record Lambing Information As stated previously we are making small changes to the calculation of our DQI percentage this year. Breeders are advised to submit their lambing information…
Central Progeny Test (CPT) Lambing We are in the middle of preparing for the lambing season and like many farmers it can be very difficult to find adequate labour at…
Uploading Lambing Information For many early lambing flocks the first cycle is now over and we would encourage you to use this time to transfer your lambing information from the…
Lambing Experience Available As we prepare for the busy lambing period on our 4 Central Progeny Test (CPT) flocks, we are pleased to offer lambing experience to students who may…
Over the past three years, Sheep Ireland have been recording Ewe Milk, Lamb Vigour and Mothering-Ability, during CPT Lambing. The data recorded from these traits will further enhance Sheep Irelands…
Flock Notebooks Flock notebooks were circulated to breeders prior to Christmas and by now all breeders should have received one. With the lambing season in full swing for some breeders…
Happy Christmas to all readers of this Sheep Ireland Update. We would like to thank all LambPlus members, sheep breed societies, commercial sheep farmers and all industry stakeholders for their…