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 in the LambPlus programme and who are performance recording their animals. This performance data contributes to genetic evaluations producing €urostars.
Breed Society contacts for most breeds of sheep in the country, and contact details of performance recording Breeders are included, as well as Hill Groups and Breeders who have genotyped their hill rams.
In this Guide & Directory there is a wealth of information about the Irish Sheep Industry, tips for ram purchasers, explanations on how to understand and interpret €urostars and values, the ingredients that comprise the €urostar indexes, explanations of genomics and validation information, as well as information on what is happening with the Hill sector, and about the Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS).
Farmers can also use the online Ramsearch feature just scanning the QR code, and SIS rams from each breeder will be displayed there.
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*Bord Bia and FBD have kindly sponsored this important publication.
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Understanding the €urostars
