Beef
'Loss-making beef and sheep farmers must take stock as milk quotas are abolished'
With milk quotas just weeks away from being abolished, President of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Association Patrick Kent has...
Beef
With milk quotas just weeks away from being abolished, President of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Association Patrick Kent has...
Sheep
The lamb trade was much stronger this week, according to the IFA with quotes up over 20c/kg on last week....
Sheep
Marts across the country are reporting very strong cull ewe prices as supplies tighten nationwide. One particular sale inTuam this...
Sheep
The lamb trade continues to be steady with factories paying €5.50/kg-€5.55/kg for lambs this week according to the IFA’s latest...
Sheep
Lamb prices at marts across Britain were at a three year high last month, according to EBLEX. It says last despite prices...
Sheep
Lamb prices are continuing to rise, according to the IFA’s latest lamb price update. It says factories are paying €5.50/kg...
Sheep
Prices and demand remain strong for lambs this week according to the IFA’s latest lamb market update. It says processors...
Sheep
The total number of sheep imported from Northern Ireland was down by 85,000head, a decline of 18% in 2014 according...
Sheep
Lamb prices continue to rise, according to a latest market update from the IFA. It says despite factories quoting €4.95...
Sheep
In a change to the position on the run in to Christmas over the past couple of years, the lamb trade...
Sheep
The sheep trade continues to remain strong on the back of tight supplies coupled with good seasonal demand according to...
Sheep
The traditional export of lambs from Northern Ireland for direct slaughter in the South was impacted by currency rates movement...
Sheep
There has been a substantial rise in the number of farmers signing up to Sheep Ireland’s LambPlus programme. Sheep Ireland has...
Sheep
Lamb sales in the UK have been down on 2013 levels for much of the year so far according to...
Sheep
Payments worth €15 million under the 2014 Grassland Sheep Scheme began issuing to the farmers concerned last week, the Department...
Sheep
The sheep kill in November was back some 16% on the same month last year according to latest figures from...
Sheep
With scanning starting to commence on lowland flocks throughout the country, initial reports suggest a bumper lamb crop could be...
Sheep
The latest series of savage dog attacks on sheep flocks in Wexford, Galway and Laois are an all too common...