Sheep Ireland Industry Meeting Wednesday April 18th The industry meeting will focus in on the main research that has been done and currently underway in relation to Sheep breeding in Ireland, and the impact these changes will have on the…
For the past number of months, we have been working hard to develop a user-friendly App that will allow LambPlus breeders to record their lambing information along with weights and health events for animals in their flock. We are very…
EdX in conjunction with Wageningen University and Research are offering a free 7 week online course on Animal Breeding and Genetics. This online course opens on the 13th of February. On the 13th of February a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in…
Over the past three years, Sheep Ireland have been recording Ewe Milk, Lamb Vigour and Mothering-Ability, during CPT Lambing. The data recorded from these traits will further enhance Sheep Irelands aim of finding and promoting the best sheep genetics in…
Sheep Ireland (www.sheep.ie) continued to make excellent progress in 2017, with strong leadership from its Chairman, James Murphy, and a strong development team operating under the stewardship of Eamon Wall and Kevin McDermott. Commercial and pedigree farmers continue to become…
Case Study: Shaun & Seamus Gahan, Graiguenamanagh Co. Kilkenny ; Barrowlands Flock Shaun and Seamus Gahan run a flock of pedigree Suffolk ewes. The flock has been performance recording with Sheep Ireland since 2009 and since then has started to…
You can search by: Breed Breeder County by using the search box below. For an example click here. Once you have found a breeder you can then search for their animals on the Ram Search using the flock id.
Background The national Central Progeny Test (CPT) which is run by Sheep Ireland is one of the most valuable breeding resources in the country. The CPT gives a means for stock rams from pedigree flocks to be progeny tested in…
Last year Sheep Ireland carried out several case studies on how accurately the €uro-Stars can predict the pregnancy scanning results in performance recording flocks, and the results were extremely encouraging and got a lot of attention on the Sheep Ireland…
This booklet serves two purposes: The guide section itself contains very useful information regarding €uroStar indexes and how best to interpret them, ram selection, LambPlus, the Central Progeny Test Program etc. A directory providing the names and contact details of ram breeders…