Future agri-environmental schemes offer the opportunity for claimants with commonage land to receive slightly higher payments than a non-commonage farmer...
January 23, 2014
“Compared to last year the sheep sector is in a much better position at this point,” according to Declan Fennell,...
January 21, 2014
Sheep Ireland has signed a record-breaking 500 breeders to its LambPlus programme. It noted the growth in performance recording breeders has been...
January 13, 2014
The Irish Hill Sheep sector plays an important role in the economic health of rural economies and the maintenance of...
January 10, 2014
Speaking at the Bord Bia Live export seminar in Tullamore this week, IFA National Livestock Chairman Henry Burns said the...
According to statistics released by the Department of Agriculture the lamb kill in Ireland was up six per cent or...
January 6, 2014
Irish sheep producers hoping that natural immunity might help protect their sheep from Schmallenberg virus may have had their hopes...
December 23, 2013
The outlook for Irish and EU lamb prices for 2014 is more optimistic. Teagasc forecast that sheep farm incomes will...
December 11, 2013
Scanning of the national sheep flock is starting to really kick off at the moment. AgriLand up with well-known beef, dairy...
December 9, 2013
The beef kill was down slightly last week on the previous week. Statistics released from the Department of Agriculture this...
December 4, 2013
Teagasc’s winter sheep seminars kick off this week, with the first meeting taking place in Dungarven, Waterford on Wednesday at...
November 18, 2013
Tyrone veterinary surgeon Seamus O’Kane has told AgriLand that sheep producers with breeding ewes should ensure that all early lambing...
November 7, 2013
Tomorrow evening will mark the start of a series of regional meetings, to be hosted by Sheep Ireland. The events will...
November 6, 2013
The View from Teagasc: Stock proof fencing is essential for proper grassland management. Along with effective sheep handling equipment, it is key...
October 11, 2013
At the latest working European forecasting for sheepmeat, the general consensus points towards some further downward pressure on output as...
October 10, 2013
COMMENT: The Irish sheepmeat industry is one of the smaller segments of the Irish agriculture sector, with an annual output...
September 20, 2013
Sheep farmers received good news today with the announcement of a funding boost for sheep fencing in mountainous areas. And the...
September 11, 2013
In Focus: Situated in the idyllic setting of Johnstown Kilkenny, the farm of Brian Nicholson was the setting for this...
August 31, 2013
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