Sheep
DAFM Minister Martin Heydon said testing requirements for Brucella Ovis in male sheep will remain a requirement when exporting lambs
N.Ireland
Exports of sheep from NI to the ROI in to-date in 2024 are 10.7% higher than the figures of the same period of 2023, according to the LMC.
The Australian House of Representatives has passed legislation aimed at baning live sheep exports by sea from May 1, 2028.
The number of sheep imported in 2023 rose marginally year-on-year, recently released figures the DAFM have shown.
The export of live sheep by sea from Australia will end on in 2028, the Australian government has...
A total of 4.9% of live sheep exports from the Republic of Ireland in 2023 have gone to Northern Ireland (NI) and the United Kingdom (UK).
Sheep News
What was described as "a major obstacle for the Irish sheep trade" has now been removed, according to the IFA's Sheep chair, Kevin Comiskey.
During a recent sheep webinar, Seamus McMenamin of Bord Bia spoke about how China continues to drive the global sheepmeat trade.
The number of hoggets exported from Northern Ireland to the south for direct slaughter has decreased in comparison to this time last year.
A ship carrying a total of 14,600 sheep in its cargo has capsized for an unknown reason in Black Sea - just off the coast of Romania.
Agri-Business
Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed today concluded the second leg of his trade mission to China with ministerial meetings in Beijing.
A deal, between the Wicklow Calf Company and Premier Livestock, has just been agreed to ship 10,000 Irish hoggets to the Middle East.
The busiest time of the year for lamb exports is fact approaching, according to Bord Bia's Sheepmeat Sector Manager, Declan Fennel.
The TSE ban affecting sheepmeat exports from the EU to the US could be lifted by the end of 2016, Brendan Gleeson of the Department of Agriculture has said.
The Irish sheep sector got off to a promising start this year, with favourable lambing conditions and excellent grass growth, Declan Fennell of Bord Bia has said.
The national sheep kill is 5% ahead of last year, with 62,064 sheep going to Irish factories last week, figures from the Department of Agriculture show.
Shipments of sheepmeat to France from Ireland were down 10% at 7,600t in the first six months of 2015, according to AHDB.
UK sheep meat imports for June dropped by 30%. The AHDB reported that total imports fell by 18% for 2015 to 7,100t on the corresponding period last year.
