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Pipers Hall Dance joins the squad for CPT natural mating 2020!
IE046086701008D, PIPER'S HALL DANCE, PPE2001008, TX27238 has joined the Texel group of ram lambs chosen for natural mating in the…
Grove Dario featuring in the CPT natural mating team!
IE043713005620F, GROVE DARIO, EQI2005620, TX28400 is another Texel ram lamb featuring as part of the natural CPT mating ram team…
Alepat Dominik featuring in Natural CPT Mating!
This year as part of the Central Progeny Test (CPT), Sheep Ireland is mating a proportion of the ewes naturally.…
Check out preparation for breeding season on Ovidata farmer Peadar Kearney's flock!
Across the country pedigree and commercial sheep farmers are busy preparing their stock for the current breeding season. Over the…
Today marks the beginning of CPT AI 2020!
This year has been extraordinary in terms of the global pandemic with Covid 19 causing havoc across the globe. However,…
Rams have now been selected for CPT Natural Mating
This year as part of the Central Progeny Test (CPT), Sheep Ireland is mating a proportion of the ewes naturally.…
"For pedigree ram breeding, it’s crucial that as many pedigree ram breeders get involved in performance recording as possible"
This week, were going back to a discussion on had on Tuesday 22nd Sept, during Teagasc Virtual Sheep Week. The…
"Farmers more confident in purchase once the €uroStar rating of that ram is known"
Eamon Dempsey, a Teagasc Advisor in County Kerry, has written an excellent piece in the Kerryman newspaper this week on…
Responsible Use of Antimicrobials on Sheep farms
An issue highlighted during Teagasc Virtual Sheep Week was the use of Antimicrobials on Sheep Farms. Guidelines have been developed…
Central Progeny Testing - Sponging 2020
Over 2000 ewes will be AI'd over the next two weeks in all four CPT flocks. AI ram panels are…
Ovidata farmer Tomas O'Leary explains the benefits of performance recording
Tomás O’Leary is a Ovidata participant and a Teagasc BETTER sheep farmer who took part in the Virtual Sheep Week…
"Eurostars are working and more accurate than they have ever been"
The Sheep Ireland EuroStar evaluations can be used to predict which rams is going to be most profitable throughout their…
