Rural Life
Pregnant women advised to avoid animals that are lambing or calving
Pregnant women who come into close contact with sheep or cows during lambing and calving are advised that they may risk...
Rural Life
Pregnant women who come into close contact with sheep or cows during lambing and calving are advised that they may risk...
Sheep
Even quiet, docile dogs can turn into killers, especially if they join other dogs in a pack, according Minister of State...
Rural Life
This week’s episode of Ear to the Ground will meet one of the many farmers in the country busy with...
Sheep
March lambing flocks this year are averaging close to 1.9 or two lambs per ewe this year, compared to 1.8...
Sheep
Scanning results from early lambing flocks have left some farmers disappointed, according to Sheep Scanner Dominic Black. There was a...
Sheep
There is strong anecdotal evidence to suggest that Irish sheep numbers are increasing, according to Teagasc drystock advisor Martina Harrington....
Rural Life
Last night, on the second episode of RTE’s Big Week on the Farm, viewers saw country singer Nathan Carter deliver...
Rural Life
Some 13% of farms in Ireland are owned by women and with today, March 8, being International Women’s Day to...
Sheep
Many farmers feel that newborn lambs will ‘burst’ if they are given five or six syringes full of colostrum, according...
Sheep
As the lambing season kicks off across the country, farmers are being advised to supervise lambs as 50% of lamb...
Agri Politics
A three-year-old girl called Lilly made waves over the weekend on the internet after she lambed a ewe by herself and...
Sheep
The 2016 lambing season has well and truly began with farmers across the country and the UK spending many hours...
Sheep
Dog attacks on sheep at this time of year are not uncommon and with many ewes on farms in-lamb, it...
Sheep
The particularly inclement weather of the last two months has led to many flocks being housed earlier than normal. A number of...
Sheep
Lambing percentages will be up by as much as 10%, year-on-year, according to Teagasc sheep specialist Ciaran Lynch. “This is...
Sheep
There are three key metabolic diseases that sheep farmers should look out for in their flocks, according to Tommy Heffernan....
Sheep
The busiest period on Irish sheep farms is just around the corner, and according to the AHDB’s Reducing lamb losses for Better...
Sheep
Early lambing flocks are scanning with a confirmed pregnancy rate of around 97%, according to Teagasc sheep advisor Kevin O’Sullivan....