Sheep
The threat of Brexit continues to hang over sheep sector in Northern Ireland
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president, Ivor Ferguson, believes that Northern Ireland’s sheep sector is the one that will be most...
Sheep
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president, Ivor Ferguson, believes that Northern Ireland’s sheep sector is the one that will be most...
Sheep
Grass can account for 95% of breeding ewes’ total dietary needs, according to AgriSearch’s Dr. Elizabeth Earle. “High-quality grass contains...
Agri-Business
The Sheep Welfare Scheme that was introduced in 2016 and due to run to 2020 has improved profitability and increased...
Agri-Business
Much like beef, profits are low in the sheep sector, and farmers rely on EU subsidies to support farming income....
Beef
In recent years, more and more baled silage has been made and this year is no different. Favorable weather conditions...
Sheep
The newly formed Irish Suffolk Sheep Society – under the chairmanship of Kilkenny man Richard Moore – held its National...
Sheep
From tomorrow, Saturday, June 1, all sheep moved both on and off a holding must be identified electronically, in accordance with...
Sheep
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has accused the factories of plunging the sheep sector into an income crisis “with savage...
Rural Life
AgriLand is looking for an energetic and enthusiastic agricultural graduate (or recent graduate) to join the team as a technical...
Rural Life
With numbers of students in a remote French school dropping, locals took ‘an alternative approach’ to sustaining numbers of pupils...
Beef
The number of cattle slaughtered in March 2019 showed a slight increase compared to the same month the previous year...
Sheep
During the week ending April 21, the number of hoggets slaughtered at Department of Agriculture approved sheep meat plants stood...
Agri-Business
The numbers of sheep in Ireland have experienced a drop of 87,800 head – or 1.7% of the overall national...
Agri Politics
The Green Party has called for the scrapping or postponement of the Electronic Identification (EID) tagging system for sheep. It accused...
Sheep
Seán McNamara sheep committee chairman of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) spoke about the impact that marauding...
Sheep
Armagh part-time farmer John McKavanagh has just enjoyed the tightest lambing yet with all 280 Lleyn ewes heading back to...
Sheep
During the week ending March 24, the number of hoggets slaughtered at Department of Agriculture approved sheep meat plants stood...
Sheep
Farmers are encouraged to bargain hard when it comes to marketing their sheep. This comes as processors move to tighten...