Sheep
Breeding sales: Strong demand for hoggets
Mart managers reported a strong trade once again for breeding sheep, with ewe hoggets, in particular, catching the eye. A...
Sheep
Mart managers reported a strong trade once again for breeding sheep, with ewe hoggets, in particular, catching the eye. A...
Sheep
Meat processing plants have said that they have been seeing an increasing number of ‘lighter/under-fleshed’ lambs coming through the system...
Sheep
Enniscorthy Mart held its weekly sheep sale on Wednesday last (August 19), which saw a large entry of sheep “once...
Sheep
A video has been produced in which farmers are being urged to “know when their lambs are ready” at optimal...
Agri-Business
A senior official with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has said he received “legal advice” that said...
Agri-Business
Research based on the outbreak of Covid-19 at the Tonnies meat processing facility in Germany has suggested that Covid-19 can...
Sheep
Farmers are being urged to “bargain hard” due to a strengthening trade for lambs. Sean Dennehy, the sheep chairperson for...
Beef
The wearing of face coverings will be mandatory in all marts from next Monday (August 24). A spokesperson for the...
Sheep
Trade union SIPTU has told AgriLand that a Kildare Chilling factory worker is waiting “nearly two weeks” for a Covid-19 test...
Agri-Business
Research suggests that 29% of agri-food sector employees in Ireland come from outside the country. That’s well above the figure...
Sheep
In this week’s Sheep Focus, AgriLand spoke to six breeders – based in the west of Ireland – who are gearing...
Agri-Business
A report released by Eurostat comprises a comparison of (consumer) meat prices (for 2019) across Europe. The report indicates that Romania...
Agri Politics
Trade union SIPTU has claimed it is aware of a meat factory worker that was told if they “self-isolated there...
Beef
The closure of a factory once a cluster of Covid-19 cases has been confirmed “needs to happen immediately” according to...
Agri-Business
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has described what he called the “awful living conditions” of some food processing plant “agency workers”....
Sheep
A strong trade for ewe lambs was reported across marts last week, with hoggets and breeding ewes also trading strongly....
Sheep
Over the past fortnight, there seems to be a bit more life coming back into the finished lamb trade. Mart...
Sheep
The sheep trade appears to be starting on a stable, if not strong, foot this week, with factories increasing base...