Sheep
Sheep management: The importance of buying in replacement rams early
It’s coming to that stage in the year where the focus switches to preparing for the upcoming breeding season, particularly...
Sheep
It’s coming to that stage in the year where the focus switches to preparing for the upcoming breeding season, particularly...
Buildings
In this week’s Infrastructure Focus, AgriLand spoke to father-and-son team, John and Jonathan Egan from Kenmare, Co. Kerry. The duo...
Sheep
After weeks of whispers of what this year’s wool clip would be worth, merchants have now started quoting. The news...
Sheep
“A bigger and better Sheep Welfare Scheme must be top of the agenda for the new Minister for Agriculture –...
Sheep
Over 30% of sheep farms earned less than €5,000 in 2019, according to the Teagasc National Farm Survey. Although, according...
Sheep
It’s no secret that the number of young farmers taking over the reins of sheep farms in Ireland is worrying....
Environment
Teagasc released its Sustainability Report on Irish agriculture for the year 2018 today, Tuesday, June 23, based on the results...
Beef
The challenges of viability in the beef and sheep sector have again been highlighted in a new report from Teagasc,...
Sheep
Sheep farmers should not be left out of any support packages aimed at mitigating the impact of Covid-19, according to...
Beef
In recent years, more and more baled silage has been made and this year is no different. Tractors and balers...
Beef
The average beef farmer made a loss of €101/ha in 2019 – before taking other incomes into account, according to...
N.Ireland
Worm control is vital if you are aiming to achieve good lamb growth rates and a profitable sheep enterprise. Heavy...
N.Ireland
An industry checklist has been produced to ensure that shearers, wool handlers and farmers work in partnership to keep everyone...
Sheep
In the lead up to the Easter bank holiday weekend, Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) national sheep chairman Sean Dennehy has...
Beef
Last updated on Friday, April 10. (marts) It has been announced that livestock marts across the country can reopen – albeit...
N.Ireland
Niall Claffey and Claire Mc Cormack A large number of marts across Northern Ireland have announced the suspension of operations...
Beef
Slaughter figures for cattle, sheep and pigs all dropped in January 2020 when compared to the same month of 2019,...
Agri Politics
The issue of dog attacks on sheep has been highlighted as a major problem among sheep farmers for any future...