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Shop around for best sheep prices, ICSA
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association, ICSA Ireland, has criticised the recent cut in lamb prices and has urged...
Sheep
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Plan now for this winter’s feeding programme
The View from Northern Ireland: Farmers should now be completing a fodder budget to determine whether they have adequate supplies of...
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Strong demand for lamb reported
Lamb trade has hardened this week with tighter supplies and strong demand for the end of Ramadan. This is according...
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Boost in sheep trade, live shipments up
The sheep trade was boosted last week by the announcement of two further live shipments of lambs before the end of this...
Beef
Ban on Irish Beef and Sheepmeat in Gulf Region Lifted
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney today welcomed a milestone decision by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)...
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Sheep Conference and Farm Walk
Breeding, nutrition and flock health will be among the subjects discussed at the Irish Grassland Association Sheep Conference and Farm...
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Sheep supplies struggle to match demand
The sheep trade has firmed this week as supplies struggle to match demand levels. This is according to the latest June update from...
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Lamb price cuts stabilising
Lamb prices are stabilising due to tight supplies and strong market returns. This is according to Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA)...
Sheep
High stocking rates key for lamb output
More than 1,200 sheep farmers attended the Teagasc sheep open day in Athenry yesterday, 6 June, to hear the latest...
Sheep
Sheepdog bob sells for world record sum
Bob the border collie has run rings around the competition by becoming the world’s most expensive sheepdog and fetching E11k...