Sheep News
'Sheep sector losing €10.8m in value of wool compared to 1988' - Comiskey
The sheep sector is losing €10.8 million annually with regard to the value of wool compared to back in 1988....
Sheep News
The sheep sector is losing €10.8 million annually with regard to the value of wool compared to back in 1988....
Beef News
The number of cattle, sheep and pig slaughterings in May 2022 are up by 13%, 12.4% and 10.7% respectively, compared...
Sheep
The Super Sixty Sale at Tullamore Mart recently saw prices top €3,000 for a Dutch Spotted shearling ewe. Speaking after...
Agri-Business
Members of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) executive have met with counterparts from other farming unions to discuss issues affecting...
Sheep
Lamb prices were back anywhere from €4-6/head at sales on Monday (June 27) but “the trade held better than expected...
Sheep
Base prices for lambs coming into this week have eased a further 10-20c/kg on late last week. In what has...
Beef
An agri-consultant based in the midlands has urged farmers to avail of the Agri-Environment Training Scheme (AETS) day, which is...
Sheep
The mart is the place to send lambs, as processors “shamelessly” slash lamb prices, according to Sean McNamara. McNamara, the...
Sheep News
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers’ Association (INHFA) has said that the reduction in the quoted price for lambs by...
Sheep
UK sheepmeat exports increased 33% in April when compared to the same month in 2021. According to the Agriculture and...
Sheep
It is estimated that the cost of a ewe replacement coming into a flock at 19-months-of-age is equivalent to 25%...
Sheep
Last week’s sheep kill (week ending June 18) witnessed an increase on the week before as processing moved back to a five-day week. Spring...
Sheep
Heavy lambs were back by up to €10/head at Ballinasloe Mart on Thursday (June 23), according to the mart’s auctioneer,...
Beef News
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that a suspected case of foot and mouth disease on a pig farm...
N.Ireland
UK sheepmeat production witnessed a 12% (2,330t) increase year-on-year for the month of May. Data from Department for Environment, Food...
Veterinary
Today (Thursday, June 23), Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, are...
Sheep
The Sulphur Hexafluoride (SF₆) method was described as the most natural way of measuring methane emissions from sheep in their...
Sheep News
Methane measuring portable accumulation chambers are being rolled out on pedigree sheep flocks currently, according to Teagasc. Eoin Dunne, who...