The Farmers Mart Dec-Jan 2020 - Issue 66 | Page 34

34 EVENTS
DEC/JAN 2020 • farmers-mart.co.uk
SHEEP
Signet database
heralds a new
era for sheep
industry
The team at Ripon Farm Sevices invite customers
old and new to our Annual Open Event, Wednesday
15th & Thursday 16th January 2020 at Yorkshire
Events Centre, Great Yorkshire Showground,
Harrogate, HG2 8NZ. From 10am to 5pm.
"Come and do that New Year Deal"
Talk to the Ripon Team, meet the manufacturers
and see all the latest technology.
Darrington
01977 795241 Louth
01507 617588 Tadcaster
01937 835454
Keighley
01535 632661 Malton
01653 695094 Brigg
01652 650600
Ripon
01765 692255 Leyburn
01969 621369 Market Weighton
01430 872421
Stockton
01740 630254 Ottringham
01964 622351 Retford
01777 704823
SHEEP producers are set to benefit
from a new online tool which makes
it easier to find the right ram for a
production system.
AHDB has invested in a new data-
base and website for Signet Breeding
Services which helps commercial
and pedigree producers profit from
performance gains associated with
genetic improvement.
Designed by SRUC, SignetData.com
has better and faster data entry tools
and greatly improved online reporting,
including the ability to produce real
time genetic and inbreeding trends.
Online data entry also enables
breeders to supply weights through-
out an animal’s life, providing a greater
understanding of overall efficiency.
The new database also has
improved data export capabilities,
integrating not just with office applica-
tions such as Microsoft Excel, but also
many of the main farm software pro-
viders. This gives breeders the latest
information whenever they need it - in
whatever format they desire.
It is now easier to find the genetic
merit of sheep, expressed using EBVs
(Estimated Breeding Values) and
breeding indexes to find breeders with
AD CODE
MART
SET
Tags
sheep for sale, using Flock Finder, a
service that inform farmers about ram
breeders in their region.
A new Sheep for Sale section
enables producers to browse listings
of rams, ewes and semen sales from
farms and auctions. Each sale post
is live for a fixed period of time, to
ensure only recent and relevant sales
are visible.
signetdata.com
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