Sheep
Northern farmers raise New Zealand lamb imports concerns
The Ulster Farmers’ Union has raised key concerns of beef and lamb producers with MEPs Diane Dodds and Jim Nicholson....
Sheep
The Ulster Farmers’ Union has raised key concerns of beef and lamb producers with MEPs Diane Dodds and Jim Nicholson....
Sheep
The hogget kill increased again last week, with week-on-week throughput rising by 2%, figures from the Department of Agriculture show....
Sheep
German imports of Irish sheepmeat dropped by 38% in 2015 on the year before, according to recent figures from the...
Sheep
The number of lambs slaughtered in Australia has jumped by 5% in January of this year on 2015 levels, according...
Sheep
There has been no movement in hogget quotes this week, with the majority of processors offering prices similar to last...
Beef
Ireland needs more markets for its beef and lamb exports, according to Meat Industry Ireland, which says the US and China...
Sheep
The weekly hogget kill has jumped more than 11% in the space of a week, recent figures from the Department...
Sheep
The number of hoggets crossing the border for slaughter in Ireland has jumped by 34% in February of this year...
Sheep
The British liveweight lamb trade has continued to move higher in the past week as higher demand in the build up...
Sheep
Up to 30 sheep were savagely killed in a very bad dog attack in Rathvilly, Co. Carlow recently. In response IFA National...
Sheep
In what has been described by experts as the UK’s worst sheep-worrying incident in living memory more than one hundred...
Sheep
The sheep trade has eased slightly this week with the trade for in-lamb ewes and store hoggets a little weaker...
Sheep
Farming organisations are disappointed with the first quotes offered by factories for spring lambs this year. Irish Country Meats is...
Sheep
The first of the 2016 lambs are expected to come on stream this week, with some factories quoting €7.50/kg for...
Sheep
Many farmers feel that newborn lambs will ‘burst’ if they are given five or six syringes full of colostrum, according...
Sheep
Farmers are slow to buy in-lamb ewes and ewes with lambs at foot this week due to the wet weather conditions....
Sheep
Irish sheepmeat exports to France last year were back 12% on 2014 levels to 16,000t, according to Declan Fennell, Sheepmeat...
Sheep
Quotes for lambs have dropped by 10-15c/kg this week due to difficult trading conditions on the continent. Many processors have...