Weekly Update: 19/08/16
Belclare RamPlus On Monday (15th August) a number of Belclare breeders came together from around Ireland to AI some of their ewes with semen from high index and high accuracy%…
Weekly Update: 12/08/16
LambPlus Multibreed ram sale The deadline for entries for this sale is Monday 15th August. Substitutes will be allowed up until Monday 22nd August at which point the final sales…
Introduction of RamPlus for Texel Breeders
The rams will be available for viewing at the Premier Sale in Blessington on August 13th. Sheep Ireland is introducing a new program this year for Texel LambPlus breeders called RamPlus.…
Weekly Update: 05/08/16
Premier Ram Sales On Saturday 30th July the Charollais premier sale took place in Tullow, Co. Carlow and the presence of high €uro-Star rams was very apparent with 81% of…
Weekly Update: 29/07/16
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…
Scanning Report Launched
A new Ultrasound Scanning (Muscle and Fat depth) Report has been launched for all LambPlus members. This report displays the muscle and fat depth recorded, as well as the weight…
Inbreeding Checker Launched
We have launched a new “Inbreeding Checker” for all LambPlus members. The Inbreeding Checker will allow breeders to compare up to 5 potential rams at a time, against all the females…
Weekly Update: 22/07/16
Premier Sales 2016 Sales catalogues for most sheep breed premier sales are now complete or close to completion. The Vendeen premier sale took place on Wednesday 13th July in Roscommon…
Video: Kevin McDermott on the performance from one star vs five star animals
Kevin McDermott Sheep IReland explains some of the difference found in the CPT between 2013 and 2015 when comparing 1 Star vs 5 Star at an individual trait level over…
Percentage of premier sale entries with genetic indexes at an all time high
Sales catalogues for most sheep breed premier sales are now complete or close to completion (Catalogues available under publications). Looking at the premier sale catalogues available to date the percentage…
Weekly Update: 15/07/16
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,…
Weekly Update: 08/07/16
Ram Breeder Workshops This week saw the ram breeder workshops kicking off, starting on Monday evening (4th July); we visited the flock of Anne and Aidan Murphy near Gorey, Co.…
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