Sheep
Wool prices: 'Looking like 20c/kg for lowland wool'
Depressed wool prices have seen farmers get from as little as 5c/kg to 20c/kg for their wool clip over the...
Sheep
Depressed wool prices have seen farmers get from as little as 5c/kg to 20c/kg for their wool clip over the...
N.Ireland
Ulster Wool has confirmed that market prices across all fleece types have increased by 40% since the beginning of the...
N.Ireland
Around 3,000 Northern Ireland farmers eligible for the department’s Covid-19 support payment for wool have yet to apply despite the...
N.Ireland
A £1.2 million Covid-19 support scheme has opened for applications from sheep farmers affected by the global slump in wool...
Sheep
With many sheep farmers getting their flocks shorn over the past while, and many more preparing to do the same...
Rural Life
Dismayed at the sharply falling price of wool on the traditional route to market, a group of wool producers –...
N.Ireland
Farmer organisation Ulster Wool has said it will be unable to make additional payments to suppliers of certain types of...
N.Ireland
Wool marketing body Ulster Wool has announced changes to its producer haulage charges ahead of this year’s shearing season. A...
Sheep
Wool prices this year are looking likely to stay at 2020 levels, according to an Irish Wool Merchant. 2020 was...
Opinion
Last Friday saw Northern Ireland’s agriculture minister, Edwin Poots, agree a £1.27 million Covid-19 support package for the sheep industry...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland (NI) Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced a financial support package worth up to £1.27 million for NI...
Sheep
2020 has been a mixed year for sheep farmers. Lamb prices have been strong for the most part throughout the...
Sheep
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Dara Calleary has been called on by independent TD Carol Nolan to establish...
Sheep
After weeks of whispers of what this year’s wool clip would be worth, merchants have now started quoting. The news...
Sheep
The end of May, heading into June, tends to be when the sheep shearing season takes full flight. The fine...
Sheep
Farmer-to-merchant wool trading would usually be set to kick into gear in the coming weeks, as shearing is set to...
Agri-Business
John Brooks, sheep chairman of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA), has said that a ‘total price collapse’...
Sheep
Farmer-to-merchant wool trading is set to kick into gear in the coming weeks, as shearing will commence on sheep farms...