Sheep News
The second annual Hill Multi-Breed Ram Sale is set to place on Friday, October 10, at 7:00pm in Manorhamilton Mart, Co. Leitrim.
Sheep
T he largest catalogued ram sale in Ireland was hosted by Sheep Ireland hosted at Kilkenny Mart on Saturday, August 23.
Ireland's largest sheep sale, the Sheep Ireland Elite €uroStar Multi-Breed Ram sale will take place on Sunday (August 23) in Kilkenny Mart.
Many farmers are familiar with Sheep Ireland and the €uro-Star indexes, but many struggle to interpret the stars, percentages, and figures
The Sustain Sheep Project is currently seeking farmers’ views to assess their awareness of the genetic tools to help reduce methane emissions
A new project relating to genetic merit for low environmental impact traits into national breeding schemes for sheep is underway
N.Ireland
AgriSearch has led a study tour from Northern Ireland (NI) to the ROI to examine research and innovation in the sheep sector.
Sheep Ireland’s 14th Annual Multi-Breed Ram sale occurred on Saturday, August 24, in Tullamore...
Ensuring a genotyped ram has been purchased for your flock is an important aspect of participating in the Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS).
Sheep farmers from many parts of Ireland attended the 2024 ‘EasyCare’ sheep open evening, held in Co Antrim.
The busy lambing season is drawing to a close on the two Kerry-based trial farms which are participating in the Irish Country Meats (ICM)..
The first lambs have begun to arrive on two seperate farms in Co. Kerry which are participating in a sustainability project being led by ICM..
The first evaluation of this year with the 2024 born lambs included has recently been published by Sheep Ireland.
Five-star ewes are proving to achieve greater reproductive performances on sheep farms, according to Sheep Ireland.
Sheep Ireland is expecting a 75% increase in demand for Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS) eligible hill rams in 2024.
Irish Country Meats (ICM), in collaboration with ABP Food Group, has this morning, Wednesday, December 20, launched a new sustainability project focused on the use of 5-star terminal rams.
The SIS is being regarded as an opportunity for Irish hill sheep farms to achieve genetic gains which have been underdeveloped in the sector.
Sheep Technical
SIS eligible rams are in high demand since the launch of the scheme, which necessitates the need to genotype rams for their eligibility.
Sheep Ireland held its multi breed ram sale at Tullamore Mart on August 26, where it recorded average sales prices of €795 for a ram.
The 7c/head National Sheep Breed Improvement Levy collected by lamb processors in Ireland is set to increase by 8c/head from April 1, 2023.
Free stockram genotyping will be made available to 17 hill groups after positive responses were received by hill breeding groups.
Much talk continues to circle around the SIS with farm organisations picking out holes in it, while farmers wonder and raise questions.
The Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS) set out under the new (CAP) is an opportunity for pedigree breeders to put their best foot forward.
