Sheep
Sheep kill: Supply of lambs and hoggets behind by over 18,000
The supply of lambs and hoggets this year is running over 18,000 head behind the same period in 2024. With...
Sheep
The supply of lambs and hoggets this year is running over 18,000 head behind the same period in 2024. With...
Rural Life
As we approach peak lambing season, the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) is issuing a...
Rural Life
Preparations are underway at Mountbellew Mart for the hosting of the 2024 all-Ireland and all nations sheep shearing and woolhandling...
Sheep
A pedigree Lleyn flock owner in Co. Mayo is confirming a 204% scanning figure in the run up to the...
Sheep
There continues to be upward movement in the hogget trade, as the prices factories have quoted have risen significantly for...
Beef
The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) is urging the investigation of any birth deformities seen in calves...
Sheep
During the busy lambing season on many farms, farmers are aware of the physical strain assisting the birth of a...
Sheep
Upland farming is set to be incorporated into a module carried out by Teagasc in their education programmes for the...
Sheep
Efforts to restore wetlands and create habitats including wader scrapes through environmental schemes have the potential to bring a risk...
Agri Politics
The Sinn Féin spokesperson for agriculture, Claire Kerrane, has asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, if...
Sheep
In what has been described as an improved trade week-by-week, prices paid for butcher hoggets at Corrin Mart have increased...
Sheep
As sheep farmers are well aware, ensuring that newborn lambs receive adequate supplies of colostrum is critical during lambing. The...
Agri-Business
Dairy farmers were hit with a 27.5% drop in milk price in 2023 when compared to the previous year, according...
Sheep
The Teagasc national hill sheep conference will take place this Thursday, February 15 in Co. Wicklow. The conference will focus...
Pig/Poultry
The number of pigs in Ireland in December 2023 was down by 10.4% when compared with the same month in...
Sheep
The beginning of this week (Monday, February 12) has seen upward movement in the quotes from factories in the hogget...
Sheep
One sheep has been killed and five rams remain missing following a dog attack near Taghart, Shercock, Co. Cavan. Farmer...
Sheep
For participation in the Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS), there are several actions farmers must undertake, but here is a reminder...