11 July 2023

The Genotyped Ram Task – what’s involved for lowland and hill producers?

Kevin McDermott, Sheep Ireland Manager, joins this week’s OviCast to talk about the genotyped ram task that forms part of the Sheep Improvement Scheme.

Kevin first explains what’s involved in the task for lowland and hill producers. He talks about ram eligibility and how to identify these rams using the Sheep Ireland ram search tool or the sales catalogues.

Finally, he discusses the numbers of eligible rams that are available via the Sheep Ireland ram search.

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