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With strong mart prices and good factory quotes for ewes again this week, many farmers may be tempted to cull ewes now to take advantage of the trade. Teagasc sheep researcher Dr....
Farmers are being advised that several key deadlines for completing sheep scheme task requirements are fast approaching. Teagasc adviser Eamonn Patten has reminded farmers that now...
A series of open days focused on “smart sheep farming” are set to take place in Northern Ireland next month. Sheep equipment and technology company Cotter Agritech, will be joined...
The farm of Bernard Fox in Ballivor, Co. Meath, hosted the Irish Country Meats (ICM) on-farm lamb production event on Thursday evening, August 6. Large crowds of farmers attended t...
A “three-fold approach” is needed to ensure ewes are fit for breeding after a challenging summer, according to Teagasc sheep specialist Ciaran Lynch. He said that dry conditions ov...
Research is confirming that sheep play a key role in helping to maximise the resource represented by hill farming systems. This includes the grazing of blanket bogs at specific tim...
As autumn approaches, many of us are reviewing flock health plans and considering how best to protect sheep from external parasites to enhance productivity and welfare. The Irish g...
As the sheep industry pushes to cut methane and carbon dioxide emissions, the Texel Sheep Society is targeting breeding for cumulative, long-term reductions. The sheep sector faces...
Introducing virtual fencing and other technology has helped the Hardwick-Smith family double the profitability of some parts of their sheep and beef business.
The ram sale season is now underway and while most ram sales include the €uroStar evaluations in sale catalogues, not all farmers are fully confident in interpreting these values....
Hill sheep farmers will soon also be able to benefit from genetic improvement programmes to help them breed more “productive, profitable, and sustainable flocks”, similar to lowlan...
The Sheep Ireland ram sale is set to return to Kilkenny Mart on Saturday, August 22, with more than 450 high genetic merit rams set to be on offer on the day. The sale is set to br...
As the breeding season approaches, farmers will be turning their attention to ensuring rams are fit, fertile and capable of working effectively. College of Agriculture, Food and Ru...
This week’s sheep trade sees lamb prices cut by a further 20c/kg since last Monday (August 3), but cull ewe price offers have held firm. Processors are particularly keen for heavy...
This week’s sheep trade sees the first outlets move to increase carcass-weight limits for spring lambs to 22kg. Prices are remaining firm for lambs with cull ewe price offers up by...
Sheep Ireland’s 16th annual €urostar Multi-Breed Ram sale at Kilkenny Mart saw 427 through the ring in a 76% clearance rate. The average sale price was €906/ram and prices in the s...
Sheep farmers will not be able to work on improving the environment if they are unable to generate adequate incomes from their farms. That’s according to Dr. Philip Creighton, who...
Clare Co-Operative Marts held its weekly sheep sale on Monday ( August 24), as nearly 800 sheep went through the ring with quality and prices hitting a slump. Speaking to Agriland,...
Tullow Livestock Mart held its 39th Annual Sheep Breeders Show and Sale on Wednesday (August 5), where the “volume, quality and the tremendous trade for both rings was outstanding”...
Edward Earle farms alongside his parents, John and Margaret, and his younger sister Gillian. The family run 300 ewes across 80ac, with a split flock of 30 pedigree Texels that lamb...
A project by the University of the Sunshine Coast is trialling the use of robotic dogs to herd sheep, with public demonstrations at the Ekka at the Brisbane Showgrounds. Dr David A...
The Mohaka sheep is having its unique genetics preserved as its numbers in the wild continue to drop.
Improving sheepmeat and wool market conditions are helping to restore confidence across Australia’s sheep industry. This is according to the latest Sheep Producers Intentions Surve...
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