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Stephen O'Sullivan

Stephen O'Sullivan

Drystock farm advisor with Teagasc in Skibbereen, Co. Cork, Ireland, and a hill sheep farmer; guest on farming radio shows such as Farm Talk with Dairygold on C103.

Jul 18, 2026

12:36
And what is the main aspect that farmers need to look out for of the sheep improvement scheme in the 2026 ram task?
12:44
So in 2026, so farmers who choose the ram task in 2026 is typically, 26 or 27, is for typically flocks who have over 150 yaws.
13:02
Ensure the RAM is SIS eligible, so sheep improvement scheme eligible on the day of purchase.
13:11
And this can be used, you can check this out through the Sheep Ireland facility.
13:20
Lowland flocks require a four or five star replacement or terminal index, genomically evaluation, and it must be scrapy typed one, two, or three.
13:32
Hill flocks can use either RAM that meets the lowland criteria, i.e. four or five star replacement index, scrapy test one, two, three, or a DNA thyroid virus by Hill RAM, scrapy tested one, two, or three.
13:51
And Stephen, I think you have a few announcements.
13:54
I do.

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