Sheep breeding

OviFlock hill sheep EIP work continuing at pace

Over 5,250 individual DNA samples have been collected from purebred hill ewes across 75 purebred hill flocks to-date in 2025, reports Eamon Wall from Sheep Ireland

BREEDING & HEALTH 26 November 2025

OviFlock hill sheep EIP work continuing at pace

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Tullamore Farm Update: wet weather and weanling weights

Tullamore Farm Update: wet weather and weanling weights

MANAGEMENT 14 November 2025

Tullamore Farm update: breeding progress and grazing forage rye

Tullamore Farm update: breeding progress and grazing forage rye

TULLAMORE FARM 12 November 2025

Monitoring breeding progress and ensuring ram lambs are up to task

Monitoring breeding progress and ensuring ram lambs are up to task

Monitoring breeding progress and ensuring ram lambs are up to task

MANAGEMENT 25 October 2025

Sheep Management: ram breeding, flock linkage and training lambs to eat meal

Sheep Management: ram breeding, flock linkage and training lambs to eat meal

Sheep Management: ram breeding, flock linkage and training lambs to eat meal

MANAGEMENT 15 October 2025

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Sheep Management: temporary fencing, genotyped rams and cyperguard availability

Sheep Management: temporary fencing, genotyped rams and cyperguard availability

Temporary fencing is a great aid at this stage of the year to manage grass or utilise temporary grazing but care needs to be taken to train sheep in at the outset.

MANAGEMENT 30 July 2025

Charollais king for Kingscourt sheep farmer

Charollais king for Kingscourt sheep farmer

Luke Gibson catches up with Andrew Gilmore, a pedigree sheep breeder from Co Cavan to talk about all things pedigree sheep breeding.

NEWS 30 July 2025

Watch: hoggets sell to €435/head in Mule Lanark sale

Watch: hoggets sell to €435/head in Mule Lanark sale

Ewe hoggets in the sale held in Tuam Mart averaged €305 per head while ewe lambs sold for an average of €188 per head.

MARKETS 30 July 2025

Top hoggets sell above €400/head

Top hoggets sell above €400/head

Prices paid at sheep breeding sales are running anywhere from €40 to €100/head higher compared to last year.

MARKETS 30 July 2025

Sheep management: quarantine protocol, genotyped ram action and meal feeding

Sheep management: quarantine protocol, genotyped ram action and meal feeding

With breeding and store lamb sales in full flight it is important to have a good quarantine protocol in place for any purchased sheep.

MANAGEMENT 30 July 2025

Sheep Management: ram effect, purchasing rams, blowfly strike and SWS BCS

Sheep Management: ram effect, purchasing rams, blowfly strike and SWS BCS

For the ram effect to work successfully ewes must be out of sight and smell of rams for at least a month pre-mating.

MANAGEMENT 30 July 2025

Big Boy Ram Sale returns to Carrick

Big Boy Ram Sale returns to Carrick

The Big Boy Ram Sale will return for the 8th time this summer to the showgrounds in Carrick-on-Shannon on Friday 1 August, writes Nevan McKiernan.

PEDIGREE 30 July 2025

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Udder Vital Bolus to support vitality and resilience

Udder Vital Bolus can be used for animals with somatic cell count problems and during the transition period.

Udder Vital Bolus to support vitality and resilience

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