Aug 7, 2026 · 13 min · 8 segments
With ram sale season underway, we chat to Sean Godfrey from Sheep Ireland. Sean highlights the impact a ram can have on a flock for a number of seasons; we discuss locating your next ram and the…
Sean GodfreyGuest
Ciaran LynchHost
[upbeat music] I can't emphasize enough the importance of, of looking at the replacement index of a ram.
Litter size there, it's one of the most important traits that will impact profitability o- on sheep flocks.
If you purchase a ram there that's gonna give you poor litter size, um, and you end up having 30, 40, 50 daughters of that ram in a flock for three, four, five years, that could have serious, uh, negative impact on a flock.
Each episode we bring you the latest insights, advice, and technical updates for the sheep industry.
We discuss how to locate your next ram, and the tools on Sheep Ireland website to help make this process easier.
Sean highlights some of the key information in the sales catalog, and how you can easily access more via the ram search tool.
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[upbeat music] I can't emphasize enough the importance of, of looking at the replacement index of a ram.
Litter size there, it's one of the most important traits that will impact profitability o- on sheep flocks.
If you purchase a ram there that's gonna give you poor litter size, um, and you end up having 30, 40, 50 daughters of that ram in a flock for three, four, five years, that could have serious, uh, negative impact on a flock.
Each episode we bring you the latest insights, advice, and technical updates for the sheep industry.
We discuss how to locate your next ram, and the tools on Sheep Ireland website to help make this process easier.
Sean highlights some of the key information in the sales catalog, and how you can easily access more via the ram search tool.