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€urostar Indexes. How do they work for commercial farmers?
Thinking of buying a 5-Star ram? Do €urostars work for commercial farmers? Yes. Data used in the €uroStar evaluations also comes from commercial grass-based sheep flocks, which means that a lot of the data included in the €uroStar indexes is…
This Saturday is the Sheep Ireland €uroStar Multi-Breed Ram sale 2025! View the Catalogue here:
Sheep Ireland €uroStar Multi-Breed Ram sale will take place on Saturday, August 23rd at 10.30 am in Kilkenny Mart, R95A4VP . The Catalogue is now available! Click here to download: Largest catalogued ram sale in Ireland! All 631 entries are…
Sheep Ireland Guide & Directory of Breeders 2025
The Sheep Ireland Guide & Directory of Breeders 2025 is now available and will be posted out to over 19,000 commercial farmers this month, in time for the breeding season. The Guide & Directory highlights pedigree breeders who are involved…
How to record health & weights using the App?
When to weigh LambPlus lambs? Check these tables. Record your health & weights quickly, easily, and accurately, using the LambPlus App. Check this video on how to do it: All lambs DO NOT need to be weighed when they are exactly 40, 100, or…
How to use the €uro-Stars information when buying rams?
Sheep Ireland aims to increase the genetic merit of the national sheep flock for economically important traits. With Rams sales season now upon us, and most sales including €uroStar evaluations in their catalogues, it is worth taking some time to…
Last chance for entries for the Sheep Ireland Elite €urostar Multi-Breed Ram Sale 2025!
Sheep Ireland Elite €uroStar Multi-Breed Ram sale will take place on Saturday, August 23rd 2025 in Kilkenny Mart. Closing date for entries is 12pm (midday), Tues August 5th Subs deadline is 10am, Mon August 18th Only flocks that have pre entered and…
The impact of performance recording on Genetic Evaluations and DQI
LambPlus aims to collect as much performance information as possible for use in the Sheep Ireland genetic evaluations. Breeders collect a wide range of data on their flock right across the year. A full list and description of the traits…
New scrapie cert ordering screen!
Sheep Ireland have built a new screen which will allow breeder to request their national genotyping programme (NGP) or scrapie certs. These certs are required for export sales and exporting animals. If you are unsure whether you need these certificates…
Why to use the Ram Report?
Using the Ram report you can easily compare how each of the rams performed in your flock. You can select between Lambing and Weights data. By selecting Lambing, you can find a lambing summary for all the sires that produced…
How can a 5-star Terminal Ram impact my commercial farm results?
Martin Warren is a part-time sheep farmer from just outside Ballyshannon in Co. Donegal. His four children Daire, Gerry, Nessa, Kelsie, and father John, are all involved with the sheep enterprise. Martin's brother Aidan also works on the farm part-time…
CPT Ram Sale Report 2025
Now that the CPT Ram Sale has concluded, all of us at Sheep Ireland would like to extend our sincere thanks to all the buyers and bidders for their support. We wish you the very best of luck with your…
Why do €urostars change and how often?
The genomic evaluation runs weekly, there is potential for index movements due to new data flowing into the evaluation. The €urostars are based on the most recent data available before each week’s genetic evaluation. The date of the latest published…
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