26 January 2025

Submit your Sheep Census

All sheep farmers are obliged to carry out a Sheep Census on December 31 each year and submit details to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM).

The closing date for submitting your Sheep Census by post is January 31, 2025. Online submission of sheep number details is possible up to February 14, 2025 by logging into your www.agfood.ie account or using the AIM services app.

Don’t put this important task on the long finger as along with being a legal requirement, it is also a condition of eligibility for the various sheep-related schemes.

Upcoming events

The Teagasc National Lowland Sheep Conference takes place on Tuesday, 28 January in the Ard Rí House Hotel, Tuam, Co. Galway, and on Thursday, 30 January in Knightsbrook Hotel, Trim, Co. Meath. Both events start at 7pm and are free to attend.

A range of practical and topical sheep production issues will be addressed by speakers from the UK, Teagasc, and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Teagasc National Sheep Conference Dates:

• Tuesday, January 28, Ard Rí House Hotel, Tuam, Co. Galway H54 V267;
• Thursday, January 30, Knightsbrook Hotel, Trim, Co. Meath C15WYF4.

For further information on the Teagasc National Sheep Conference, click here.

Teagasc will also host a Let’s Talk Sheep webinar on Wednesday, February 12 at 8pm, which focuses on practical tips to make lambing easier. Register for the Let’s Talk Sheep webinar here.

The above article first featured in the Teagasc Sheep Advisory Newsletter for January 2025, edited by Teagasc Sheep Specialist, Damian Costello. To access the full publication, which shares advice on grassland management and ewe nutrition, click here.