Sheep
'Deciding not to vaccinate ewes is an unacceptable risk to take'
Deciding not to vaccinate ewes for clostridial diseases is an unacceptable risk to take, according to Dr. Michael Doherty from University College...
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....
Sheep
There has been a good deal of movement in the sheep factory trade this week, with some processors easing off...
N.Ireland
Some 55 lambs and two ewes have been stolen from a farm in the Lisglass Road area of Co. Derry...
Sheep
Store lambs met a strong trade in Mountbellew Mart on Saturday, according to the Mart Manager Shirley Keating, with prices...
Sheep
The strengthening of euro against sterling has increased demand for Northern Ireland lambs from processors in the Republic, according 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 national sheep kill for the week ending December 20, 2015 was up by 1,601 head on the corresponding period...
Sheep
The numbers of lambs exported live from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland for direct slaughter have moved back...
N.Ireland
The plants in Northern Ireland have reported good supplies of lambs coming forward for slaughter with 13,314 lambs killed in...
Sheep
During the 12 weeks ending September 19, 2015 a total of 72,481 lambs were imported from Northern Ireland for direct...
Sheep
Strong numbers of store lambs passing through the Northern Ireland sheep marts in recent weeks and there’s been firm demand...
Sheep
The Irish sheep sector got off to a promising start this year, with favourable lambing conditions and excellent grass growth...
Sheep
A two-year old Southdown ewe in New Zealand has given birth to healthy quadruplet lambs – a rarity in the...
N.Ireland
Police in Dungannon are appealing for information following the theft of 16 lambs in the Eglish Road area on the...