Weekly Update: 09/12/16
LambPlus Membership 2017 The number of breeders that have signed up for the upcoming performance recording season has grown yet again which is hugely encouraging. All breeds involved with us…
€uroStars identifying most prolific ewes in a long established Co. Kilkenny Suffolk flock
Case Study: Richard Moore, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny; Columbkille Flock Richard has been breeding Suffolk sheep all his life, his flock was established in 1958 by his father and has been…
Weekly Update: 02/12/16
LambPlus Sign-Ups 2017 The LambPlus sign-up deadline passed yesterday (Thursday 1 st December). The number of breeders that have signed up for the 2017 season looks to be on a…
Parentage Results Explained
Call Rates Passed: Quality of DNA was good enough to be genotyped. Failed: Quality of DNA wasn't good enough to be genotyped. Reasons for this could be Dirty or wet ear on…
Weekly Update: 25/11/16
Sheep Ireland Board Meeting A meeting of the Sheep Ireland Board of representatives took place yesterday (Thursday 24th). At this meeting a number of topics were discussed including; LambPlus membership…
Weekly Update: 18/11/16
Agricultural college visits This week Sheep Ireland visited Clonakilty Agricultural College. This visit was part of our effort to engage with and visit all agricultural education facilities each year. Educating…
Weekly Update: 11/11/16
LambPlus 2017 LambPlus sign-up forms are coming into the office now in large numbers and hopefully this continues up to the sign-up deadline of Thursday 1st December. We have written…
5 Star Ewes Producing Half a Lamb More For One Cork Breeder!!
Case Study: Jim and Frampton Jeffery, Midleton, Co. Cork; Bawnard Flock Jim and Frampton Jeffery run a flock of pedigree Charollais, Suffolk and Texel ewes. The flock has been performance…
Weekly Update: 04/11/16
2017 LambPlus sign-up forms These sign-up forms are now being circulated by post to pedigree ram breeders all over Ireland. We will be sending them to all existing LambPlus breeders…
Weekly Update: 28/10/16
CPT AI complete The final day of AI took place this Tuesday on the farm of Brian Nicholson, Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny. All in all, the AI programme went extremely well…
Weekly Update: 21/10/16
CPT AI Progress Well As of today (Friday 21st) we have artificially inseminated 1,800 ewes as part of the 2016 CPT programme. The AI has gone very well. In general…
Weekly Update : 14/10/16
CPT AI has begun The first 299 Central Progeny Test (CPT) ewes of 2016 are currently being artificially inseminated today (Friday 14th). There is a further 2,100 ewes remaining to…
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