Webinar and Video
These video clips have been written specifically to help Signet clients to use the new database. Webinars on wider genetic topics are also shown below.
Sheep Recording Services
Training video 1. Getting started, passwords and logging on
Training video 2. Setting up sires and entering lambing
Training video 3. Adding "Sheep for Sale" and creating catalogues
Training video 4. Adding notes and images
Training video 5. Reporting - Flock reports - PDF and Excel
Training video 6: Creating a Grassroots Export File
Training video 7: Understanding Inbreeding
Training video 8: Calculating Inbreeding Values
Training video 9: More reports for Signet clients - The Sire Summary and Ewe Performance Report
Beef Recording Services
A short video talking about the performance recording services that Signet provides as part of its Beefbreeder service
In this presentation we explain how cattle breeders can use Signet's online data entry services
Signet and the Sussex Cattle Society have developed a new performance recording initiative to make weight recording services accessible to all
Industry Webinars
Here are a series of AHDB presentations on the subject of genetic improvement and selective breeding using Estimated Breeding Values.
Update from the RamCompare project and the 2020 results
Five things we have learnt from RamCompare at Dupath Farm, Cornwall
Update on the Year Five RamCompare results, first broadcast in May 2021. Click here to listen
Listen to the results from the Sheep Breed Survey
Genetics of lamb survival
How to buy a Signet recorded Charollais ram
Top tips for buying and looking after your rams
Buying a Signet recorded Hampshire Down ram
Buying a Signet recorded ram for terminal sire traits
Signet's new analysis for terminal sire sheep breeds
Narrated presentation by Samuel Boon explaining how to create a breeding plan for commercial sheep and beef enterprises. For more information click here
Presentation talking about breeding indexes for maternal breeds, as part of the CIEL co-funded EWEBenefit project
Update on the RamCompare project and Year 6 results
Update on the Year 7 of the RamCompare project, including latest information on breeding values for carcase traits.
Webinars by other organisations
Here are a further series of presentations on the subject of genetic improvement and selective breeding using Estimated Breeding Values produced by other organisations.
Webinar run by HCC talking about the new hill breeding index developed by Janet Roden. Samuel Boon explains how to use this information to buy a hill ram.
Health and Welfare session from the SHAWG conference. Sam Boon pops up after 35 minutes to talk about breeding strategies to enhance health and welfare.
Presentation talking about the use of data in hill sheep recording. There was a problem with the translation during the first part, but the second part is purely in English. For more information about the Hill Ram Scheme click here
Webinar by AgriSearch in Northern Ireland on how we can unlock the potential of sheep genetics in Northern Ireland.
Sam Boon explains to hill sheep breeders how to produce electronic reports, how to use the reports effectively for breeding and marketing and tips when creating a breeding programme. Find out more at https://www.signetdata.com/. For information about the Hill Ram Scheme click here
Presentations for Ram Buyers
Commercial ram buying guides for purchasing Charollais, Hampshire Down and Suffolk rams
The Signet Guide to Buying a Charollais Ram
The Signet Guide to Buying a Hampshire Down Ram
The Signet Guide to Buying a Suffolk Ram
The Signet Guide to Buying a Poll Dorset or Dorset Horn Ram
The Signet Guide to Buying a Bluefaced Leicester Ram
Presentations for Ultrasound Technicians
Training material to support those people that provide ultrasound scanning services.
This 40 minute presentation was written for sheep technicians to explain how measurements are taken and why ultrasound scanning is important. For more information about ultrasound scanning click here
Finding information and using Signetdata.com
A series of videos showing how to find information on Signetdata.com