Sheep
Farmers getting nearly €22 more than last year on a 21.5kg lamb carcass
With the upturn in lamb prices over the past two weeks, Agriland decided to look back to 12 months ago...
Sheep
With the upturn in lamb prices over the past two weeks, Agriland decided to look back to 12 months ago...
Sheep
Lamb supplies are “extremely tight” this week, swinging control “back in farmers’ favour”, the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has claimed....
Sheep
Farmers should take no less than €6.00/kg for lambs, as factory tactics of pulling prices appear to have backfired, according...
Agri-Business
Sheep farmers are being urged to ignore low factory quotes for lambs this week as €6.30/kg is readily available, according...
Sheep
“Up to €6.50/kg is available for lambs as prices push on this week, with deals for lambs of weights up...
Sheep
Deals for lambs are topping €6.30-6.40/kg, in what seems to be a move to increase prices by factories this week,...
Sheep
Mart managers reported a steady trade for lambs at sales held yesterday (Monday, July 26) – despite factory quotes falling...
Sheep
Sheep sales held yesterday (Monday, July 5) witnessed some exceptional prices for cull ewes, with prices breaching the €200/head mark,...
Sheep News
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is very frustrated that sheep processing factories have dropped base lamb quotes by over £0.60/kg...
Sheep
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) sheep chairperson Sean Dennehy said “strong farmer resistance and tight supplies” of suitable lambs means...
Sheep News
Auctioneer George Candler reported a slide in prices for lambs at Monday’s sale (June 21) at Kilkenny Mart. Speaking after...
Sheep
Factories are continuing to insert downward pressure on lamb prices, with quotes among factories widening significantly. Kildare Chilling has once...
Sheep News
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is advising farmers to take full advantage of the buoyant lamb...
Sheep
On Monday (May 31), Agriland made the trip down to Kilkenny Mart to cast an eye over the mart’s sheep...
Sheep
One meat processor that was “observed importing a consignment of lamb” from Britain this morning (Monday, April 26) has been...
Sheep
Market conditions for sheep meat are favourable, underpinned by strong supermarket performance, tight supplies and reduced volumes of imported lamb...
Sheep
The sheep trade continues to go from strength to strength, with top prices of €6.50-6.60/kg being secured at the moment....
Sheep
The mart trade over the past week has notched up another gear again for both lambs/hoggets and heavy cull ewes....