Sheep
Sheep trade: Factories act on lowering lamb quotes
The recent rise in lamb quotes has ceased with processors moving to take a hold of the market. However, farmers...
Sheep
The recent rise in lamb quotes has ceased with processors moving to take a hold of the market. However, farmers...
Sheep
A study carried at UCD (University College Dublin) Lyons Farm during 2015 and 2016 showed that lambs produced from multi-species...
Sheep
Some factory agents have highlighted the importance of adhering to meat withdrawal periods when sending lambs for slaughter. This is...
Sheep
When considering strategies to finish lambs during autumn, grazed grass is the low-cost option. In order to maximise average daily...
Sheep
It has been announced that the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers’ Association (INHFA) has reached an agreement to supply 400...
Sheep
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued a statement warning and advising farmers on the predicted risk...
Sheep
A farmer in the midlands was left surprised after a ewe gave birth to five healthy lambs, without any assistance....
Sheep
Forage crops have been grown for a number of seasons in UCD Lyons Research Farm, but this year has been...
Sheep
Northern Irish origin lamb continues to take a prominent position in Irish sheep factories. So far this year, some 144,332 Northern Irish sheep have...
Sheep
No less than six sets of quintuplet lambs have been born, and survived, on one lucky farm in Co. Offaly since...
Sheep
Lambing is underway on many mid-season production systems across the country. As we’ve heard many times before ‘success occurs when...
Sheep
Trade showed some signs of improvement at Tullow Mart in Co. Carlow, with heavy hoggets up €4-5/head at the sale...
CAP / Schemes
The €25m Sheep Welfare Scheme, which was introduced under Budget 2017, last week closed to applications with the Department of...
Sheep
A sheep farmer in Co. Meath welcomed the birth of quadruplets on his farm following a tough year with dog...
Sheep
Even quiet, docile dogs can turn into killers, especially if they join other dogs in a pack, according Minister of State...
Sheep
Deciding not to vaccinate ewes for clostridial diseases is an unacceptable risk to take, according to Dr. Michael Doherty from University College...
Sheep
March lambing flocks this year are averaging close to 1.9 or two lambs per ewe this year, compared to 1.8...
Sheep
Approximately 50% of the Northern Irish lamb supply was slaughtered in the Republic of Ireland during the month of November....