N.Ireland
Are worm burdens affecting the performance of your lambs?
Worm control is vital if you are aiming to achieve good lamb growth rates and a profitable sheep enterprise. Heavy...
Sheep
Sheep
Aberdeenshire tup top of the flock in leading UK project
An Aberdeenshire Charollais tup has been named the most valuable breeding sire in the UK as the RamCompare project releases...
Dairy
Grass advice: Don’t delay in taking out surplus paddocks for bales
Grass growth has taken off once again over the past week or so in parts of the country, with the...
N.Ireland
Checklist for shearers and farmers produced during Covid-19
An industry checklist has been produced to ensure that shearers, wool handlers and farmers work in partnership to keep everyone...
N.Ireland
Checklist for shearers and farmers produced during Covid-19
An industry checklist has been produced to ensure that shearers, wool handlers and farmers work in partnership to keep everyone...
Agri-Business
Marts seek Northern Ireland-style trade system to be enacted south of border
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, is being urged re-introduce a limited public auction service at...
Sheep
British Wool warns of 10 million kilos of unsold wool
The UK’s wool industry could be in for a close shave as the British Wool Marketing Board warned its stocks...
Agri-Business
UK red meat demand lower than pre-lockdown
Despite higher retail sales, overall demand for red meat is now lower than it was before the coronavirus lockdown. According...
Sheep
NSA: US negotiations offer new routes for UK sheepmeat
The National Sheep Association (NSA) has welcomed the news trade discussions between the US and UK are due to commence...
N.Ireland
Time to look back on the lambing season…while it’s still fresh in the memory
As the dust settles on the lambing season, now is a good time while it is fresh in the memory...
N.Ireland
Time to look back on the lambing season…while it’s still fresh in the memory
As the dust settles on the lambing season, now is a good time while it is fresh in the memory...
N.Ireland
Sheep management: How can I improve grass utilisation on my farm?
Over the next few weeks, it is important that sheep farmers make the most of the grass supplies that are...
N.Ireland
Sheep management: How can I improve grass utilisation on my farm?
Over the next few weeks, it is important that sheep farmers make the most of the grass supplies that are...
Environment
Sheep cross Strangford Lough on barge, continuing 200-year-old island farming tradition
We might not have any holidays of our own planned any time soon but 150 sheep got a cruise experience...
Sheep
10 sheep killed in Borders worrying incident
Police are appealing for witnesses after 10 sheep were killed in a suspected livestock worrying incident in the Scottish Borders....
Sheep
What parasites are young lambs susceptible of picking up this time of the year?
Over the last two weeks or so, the weather has finally become good and grass growth rates are on the...
Arable
‘Agriculture is going full throttle; yet emissions remain the same’ – US scientist
Agriculture is going “full throttle” across the globe, yet the sector’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions remain at pre-Covid-19 levels, it...
N.Ireland
Video: Step-by-step guide on how to tube feed a newborn lamb
At some stage throughout the lambing season, it is more than likely that a weak/lethargic lamb will have to be...
