Sheep Breeding

Sheep management: guarding against fertility issues, bluetongue virus and FYM

Raddling of rams is one of the best ways of quickly identifying ram sub fertility or infertility issues.

MANAGEMENT 28 October 2026

Sheep management: guarding against fertility issues, bluetongue virus and FYM

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Sheep Management: final breeding checks and crossbreeding

Sheep Management: final breeding checks and crossbreeding

MANAGEMENT 7 October 2026

Sheep mart prices: breeding sales performing relatively positively

Sheep mart prices: breeding sales performing relatively positively

MARKETS 19 August 2026

Access to €1,000 grant for young sheep farmers with Dawn Meats Future Flocks

Access to €1,000 grant for young sheep farmers with Dawn Meats Future Flocks

Access to €1,000 grant for young sheep farmers with Dawn Meats Future Flocks

NEWS 18 August 2026

Bluetongue cases on the rise in Britain

Bluetongue cases on the rise in Britain

Bluetongue cases on the rise in Britain

NORTHERN IRELAND 5 August 2026

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Tullow sheep breeders kick-starting breeding ewe sales

Tullow sheep breeders kick-starting breeding ewe sales

Quality of over 1,100 ewe lambs and in excess of 1,000 hoggets, which will be offered for sale on 5 August, was evident in association’s annual pairs evening competition.

BREEDING & HEALTH 2 August 2026

Sheep Management: Store lamb budgets, ram effect and 2027 festival dates

Sheep Management: Store lamb budgets, ram effect and 2027 festival dates

The Teagasc store lamb calculator is equally useful for farmers planning to buy stores or those in two minds to sell or retain on and finish.

MANAGEMENT 22 July 2026

Most new diseases walk in the front gate

Most new diseases walk in the front gate

The greatest risk of new diseases entering a flock is via purchased animals carrying diseases that are not present in the flock.

SHEEP BREEDING 19 July 2026

Sheep imports and exports – what are the current rules?

Sheep imports and exports – what are the current rules?

The risk of importing new serotypes of the bluetongue virus continues to influence rules and regulations regarding where animals can be imported from.

SHEEP BREEDING 19 July 2026

Five-star rams deliver time and time again

Five-star rams deliver time and time again

Sheep Ireland’s Sean Godfrey answers the question of what commercial farmers should purchase five-star rams.

SHEEP BREEDING 18 July 2026

Weighing up the merits of bluetongue vaccination

Weighing up the merits of bluetongue vaccination

Reports indicate that the uptake of vaccination in sheep flocks has been low in commercial flocks and variable in pedigree flocks.

SHEEP BREEDING 18 July 2026

Pushing performance from hill sheep flocks

Pushing performance from hill sheep flocks

The reproductive performance of Scottish Blackface ewes is particularly responsive to liveweight and body condition score improvements

SHEEP BREEDING 18 July 2026

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