Last Friday saw Northern Ireland’s agriculture minister, Edwin Poots, agree a £1.27 million Covid-19 support package for the sheep industry...
April 6, 2021
Records continue to be broken at sales this week, with spring lambs at sales in marts breaching the €200 mark...
April 4, 2021
According to College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) livestock advisor Nigel Gould, mineral deficiencies can be an issue...
April 1, 2021
Sheepmeat production in the EU for 2020 saw an overall decrease of 4% (-16,000t) on 2019 levels, according to the...
Last week saw a super trade for cast ewes of all weight categories, with top prices for fleshed ewes reaching...
March 30, 2021
The positivity around the sheep trade continues this week, with spring lambs reaching a top price of €211/head at Kilkenny...
March 29, 2021
A dispersal sale of 150 Suffolk and Suffolk cross ewes with lambs at foot is set to take place on...
March 14, 2021
Delegates from Ireland; France; UK; Spain; Italy; Greece; Hungary; and Turkey, encompassing both meat and milk sheep systems of production,...
March 10, 2021
The president of one of the country’s main farm organisations has raised concerns over the reaction to a story that...
February 15, 2021
Tougher penalties for dog owners who fail to control their pets around sheep are needed, according to Sean McNamara, the...
February 8, 2021
Working to improve the sustainability of the beef and sheep sectors will be a priority for the Livestock and Meat...
The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, has highlighted the responsibilities of dog owners, particularly during lambing season....
February 5, 2021
The key to improving utilisation of a forage crop is to choose the correct crop for your farm and farming...
January 21, 2021
It is never a nice job to report a closure of any business, let alone a local mart. Unfortunately, this...
January 19, 2021
With many mid-season lambing flocks in the process of scanning their ewes, it won’t be long before that first ewe...
January 17, 2021
It’s been a wet winter on farms across the country, and with sheep out grazing for much of this period,...
As Ireland is enduring the Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions, it has been questioned whether this will impact the sources and...
January 16, 2021
With the lambing season for mid-season flocks fast approaching, it’s time for farmers to start thinking about administering clostridial vaccinations....
January 14, 2021
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