Sheep
Spring lamb quotes steady after difficult fortnight
The spring lamb trade has steadied somewhat after a difficult fortnight for trading. Over a 14-day period, factory buyers moved...
Sheep
The spring lamb trade has steadied somewhat after a difficult fortnight for trading. Over a 14-day period, factory buyers moved...
Sheep
Calls for compromise have been made by the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers’ Association in relation to the mandatory extension of...
Sheep
It has been announced that the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers’ Association (INHFA) has reached an agreement to supply 400...
Sheep
During the week ending May 27, the number of spring lambs slaughtered at Department of Agriculture approved sheep meat plants...
Sheep
A farmer based in the midlands discovered that one of his family’s ewes was “brutally killed and butchered” over the...
N.Ireland
By Dr. Eileen McCloskey, Sheep Technologist at CAFRE, Greenmount For the majority of farmers lambing is over, and for those...
Beef
If the Government can’t persuade Irish Americans to eat juicy grass-fed Irish steaks, it’s “a real stretch of the imagination”...
Sheep
During the week ending May 20, the number of spring lambs slaughtered at Department of Agriculture approved sheep meat plants...
Sheep
The 2018 National Sheep Breeders Championships – in association with the RDS – was recently launched by Anna May McHugh,...
Sheep
Northern farm research body AgriSearch is set to host a farm walk explaining the results of pioneering commercial progeny study,...
Sheep
Farming almost 88ha, John Large has always adopted a progressive approach to new initiatives helping drive the sheep industry forward....
Sheep
After a relatively slow start, the number of spring lambs being slaughtered on a weekly basis has increased significantly over...
Sheep
The number of spring lambs being marketed through marts has stepped up considerably over recent days. Despite this, prices are...
Sheep
John Renehan runs a commercial and pedigree sheep breeding operation in Johnstown, Co. Kilkenny. The farm encompasses 170ac – 50ac...
Beef
The number of cattle slaughtered in April 2018 increased by 13.3% when compared to April 2017, according to the Central...
N.Ireland
It’s been an active day on the sheep showing ground at the first day of Balmoral Show 2018 today (Wednesday,...
Sheep
As reported in AgriLand’s weekly sheep factory report, the trade has steadied somewhat over recent days at factory level. This steadiness has...
Sheep
The Muslim festival of Ramadan gets underway today, May 15, and instead of giving the market a major lift, it’s...