Contents tagged with RamCompare
29 October 2025
Three more farms will use highly rated, Signet-recorded rams this autumn and track the performance of each ram’s progeny from birth to slaughter.
3 March 2025
RamCompare, the UK’s national progeny testing initiative, is seeking new commercial farms to join the project.
20 February 2025
The RamCompare project is celebrating its tenth year and is seeking new rams to join the 2025 breeding season.
1 May 2025
The latest AHDB-funded research, due for release this autumn, shows what the Dorset sheep breed has achieved in selecting for on-farm performance.
4 April 2024
The RamCompare project is calling on all pedigree sire breeders to take part and nominate their rams to join the 2024 breeding season.
5 September 2023
Find out about the new estimated breeding values (EBVs) for sheep farmers
30 May 2023
The evolution of abattoir derived breeding values is a major step forward
1 May 2025
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board is to make new breeding values for abattoir traits an integral part of the National Terminal Sire Evaluation through its Signet Breeding Services, following significant analysis of abattoir data.
17 April 2023
A leaflet produced by Signet services Ltd providing information on selecting recorded rams for carcase traits
20 September 2021
There are just seven-weeks to go until the 2021 Sheep Breeders Round Table (SBRT), online event takes place this year between Monday 15 and Friday 19 November.
25 May 2021
As the second phase of RamCompare comes to a close, we reflect on the culmination of data collection and research over the past five years to identify what we can learn from the results.
