Lamb performance

Sheep Management: Drought and lamb slaughter performance

Where grass supplies are depleted then all options should be explored to ensure lambs are kept performing and drafting is kept ticking along.

MANAGEMENT 12 August 2026

Sheep Management: Drought and lamb slaughter performance

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Watch: lambing 640 ewes and selling 1.7 lambs/ewe

Watch: lambing 640 ewes and selling 1.7 lambs/ewe

BREEDING & HEALTH 7 August 2026

Focus on the basics lifts performance in Wexford

Focus on the basics lifts performance in Wexford

NEWS 29 July 2026

Focus on basics lifts performance in Wexford

Focus on basics lifts performance in Wexford

Focus on basics lifts performance in Wexford

NEWS 24 July 2026

Finishing store lambs – do the sums add up?

Finishing store lambs – do the sums add up?

Finishing store lambs – do the sums add up?

MANAGEMENT 22 July 2026

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Address ewe body condition to lift performance

Address ewe body condition to lift performance

Frank Campion, Teagasc outlines how addressing ewe condition has led to an increase in performance on farms in the Teagasc BETTER farm sheep programme.

SHEEP BREEDING 4 February 2026

Sheep management: lamb slaughter performance ann water supply

Sheep management: lamb slaughter performance ann water supply

There is big variability reported in slaughter performance, with more lambs killing under weight and potential price cuts.

MANAGEMENT 4 February 2026

Sheep management: drafting lambs, cobalt supplementation and blowfly protection

Sheep management: drafting lambs, cobalt supplementation and blowfly protection

Flocks with lambs approaching weaning should weigh regularly to check if there are any lambs fit for drafting.

MANAGEMENT 4 February 2026

Positive prospects for targeted selective treatments for parasites

Positive prospects for targeted selective treatments for parasites

Early results from an AFBI-run study suggest that targeted selective treatment for parasites can improve lamb growth.

BREEDING & HEALTH 4 February 2026

Sheep management: creep feeding and potential hogget price deductions

Sheep management: creep feeding and potential hogget price deductions

Creep feeding can have a role to play in some production systems but it should not be used to simply compensate for poor grass management

MANAGEMENT 4 February 2026

Nematodirus egg hatching has already peaked

Nematodirus egg hatching has already peaked

Hatching took place from the last week or March to first week of April in most areas leaving at-risk lambs susceptible to disease

BREEDING & HEALTH 4 February 2026

Q&A: New sheep evaluations

Q&A: New sheep evaluations

The role out of new sheep evaluations launched this week and what it means for farmers is explained by Sheep Ireland’s Sean Godfrey.

LAMBING 4 February 2026

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