Sheep Ireland is now 10 years in existence, and since 2009 breeders and Sheep Ireland have put in a substantial effort to record large volumes of data to increase the accuracies of the €uroStar evaluations. In order to see how…
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Sheep Ireland is now 10 years in existence, and since 2009 breeders and Sheep Ireland have put in a substantial effort to record large volumes of data to increase the accuracies of the €uroStar evaluations. In order to see how…
The volume of commercial sheep data contributing to the €uroStar evaluations available to Irish sheep farmers continues to grow. Almost 50% of performance data used for genetic evaluations is now sourced from commercial flocks. These sources include; The Sheep Ireland…
On Wednesday and Thursday (Dec 5th and 6th) the ICBF & Sheep Ireland Genetics Conference was held in the Hudson Bay Hotel, Athlone. There were 8 speakers in this session covering a wide rage of areas relating to genetics and…
Finalist for the “Most improved LambPlus Flock 2018”: Michael Bird – Dunlever Texels (BMI) Michael Bird first established the Dunlever Texel flock way back in 1980 and joined the LambPlus Program in 2011. Michael has been nominated for the Most…
Take a look at Sheep Ireland’s geneticist Thierry Pabiou on what he will be covering at the exciting Genetics Conference in the Hudson Bay Hotel, Athlone, Co. Roscommon on this coming Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th December. Sustainable Farming –…
Finalist for the “Most improved LambPlus Flock 2018”: Simon Brown – Cloghala Charollais (A2) The Cloghala Charollais flock was one of the very first Charollais flocks to be established in the country way back in 1989. Simon has been an…
Finalist for the “Most improved LambPlus Flock 2018”: James Kelly – Castle Kelly Texels (ILI) The Castle Kelly Texel was first established by James in 2001 and he has been a member of LambPlus since it started in 2009. As…
Finalist for the “Highest Achieving LambPlus Flock 2018”: Mark & Audrey Crowe – Killeen Vendeens (CMK) The Killeen Vendeen Flock was first established in 1999, and Mark & Audrey have been participating in the LambPlus program since it began in…
To ensure that quality management standards are implemented within the organisation, Sheep Ireland were audited by an International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) auditor this week and were awarded ISO approved status. Sheep Ireland have worked hard to update the Quality…
Finalist for the “Most improved LambPlus Flock 2018”: Daniel McKenna – Pallas Belclares (KD) Daniel first established his Pallas Belclare flock in 2013 and has been performance recording the flock ever since. Daniel has reaped the rewards of performance recording…