Sheep
Wool prices expected to remain competitive as demand is 'set to grow'
Demand for wool is set to grow significantly over the coming years, according to recently appointed Ulster Wool chairman Brendan...
Sheep
Demand for wool is set to grow significantly over the coming years, according to recently appointed Ulster Wool chairman Brendan...
Sheep
The number of store lambs being marketed through marts across the country is starting to increase on a weekly basis...
Sheep
Although the spring lamb trade steadied somewhat last week, mixed messages have been circulating throughout factory lairages this week; some...
Sheep
A total of 20,271 applicants have been paid in full under the Sheep Welfare Scheme, a spokesperson for the Department...
Sheep
Speaking at the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers’ Association (INHFA) national annual general meeting (AGM) held in Sligo last week,...
Sheep
Taking pride of place as you drive up the avenue to the Nagle family’s farm near Mitchelstown, Co. Cork, is...
Grass
The Grassland Farmer of the Year competition for 2018 was officially launched yesterday, Friday, June 15, by the Minister for...
Sheep
The mandatory extension of electronic identification (EID) tagging to all sheep is set to be discussed by the Joint Committee on...
Sheep
A “significant number” of sheep tag numbers and identities selected in random checks as part of a recent audit of...
Sheep
Bord Bia is set to begin an 11-week advertising campaign from next Monday (June 18) to promote new season Irish...
Sheep
Aided by a sense of stability in the factory trade, spring lamb returns have improved significantly over recent days. Prices...
Sheep
The spring lamb trade has steadied somewhat after a difficult fortnight for trading. Over a 14-day period, factory buyers moved...
Sheep
Calls for compromise have been made by the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers’ Association in relation to the mandatory extension of...
Sheep
It has been announced that the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers’ Association (INHFA) has reached an agreement to supply 400...
Sheep
During the week ending May 27, the number of spring lambs slaughtered at Department of Agriculture approved sheep meat plants...
Sheep
A farmer based in the midlands discovered that one of his family’s ewes was “brutally killed and butchered” over the...
N.Ireland
By Dr. Eileen McCloskey, Sheep Technologist at CAFRE, Greenmount For the majority of farmers lambing is over, and for those...
Beef
If the Government can’t persuade Irish Americans to eat juicy grass-fed Irish steaks, it’s “a real stretch of the imagination”...