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Sheep
8% increase in Sheep Ireland’s LambPlus programme
Darren Carty
There are now over 1,450 flocks performance-recording in the Sheep Ireland breed improvement programme, with Texel flocks accounting for 24% of breeders, Suffolk 14.4% and Charollais 14.1%.
13 December 2023 Breeding & health
Reducing methane emissions in sheep through breeding and genetics
Methane economic breeding values were launched in 2023 and star ratings for methane will be introduced to the sheep breeding programme in 2024.