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Hill Sheep Groups data recording

Great opportunity for the Hill sector to keep on improving. Presently Sheep Ireland has two hill flock books recording with them; the Mayo-Connemara ram group and the Donegal Wicklow Cheviot group. There is also a small number of individual hill…

Genotype your stock rams now!

Genotype your stock rams for the best chances of producing SIS eligible lambs next year! SIS eligible rams are in high demand since the launch of the scheme giving pedigree breeders a great market for rams. As a reminder of…

LambPlus programme 2024 is now open!

LambPlus is the performance recording service provided by Sheep Ireland to all pedigree and commercial sheep farmers in Ireland. Existing LambPlus breeders can now renew their LambPlus membership for 2024. Go to www.sheep.ie and log into your current account. You…

CPT 2023 Natural Mating

In 2023, as part of the CPT Natural Mating programme, Sheep Ireland purchased 13 rams. Together with 8 other rams purchased in 2022, will be mating the CPT Ewes in natural serve. All rams have been collected from their breeders…

CPT Artificial Insemination 2023

The time has come around again for Sheep Ireland's  Central Progeny Test (CPT) programme 2023-2024 breeding season. The CPT is a critical element of the National Sheep Breed Improvement program and is a huge source of commercial data each year.…