Sheep
Sheep farmers missing out on more than £5 million on lamb value
As few as 5% of rams working in Northern Ireland flocks are performance recorded, leaving the sector missing out on...
Sheep
As few as 5% of rams working in Northern Ireland flocks are performance recorded, leaving the sector missing out on...
Sheep
As fodder supplies become scarce across the country, playing ‘catch up’ once grass starts to grow will be more important...
N.Ireland
Ulster Wool’s first representative – Brendan Kelly – hasn’t even started yet but already faces a challenging three-year term, taking...
N.Ireland
A new approach to marketing Ulster’s wool could help turn the tables on more than 20 years of designers veering...
N.Ireland
The number of sheep in Northern Ireland has hit its highest in 13 years as breeders focus on fattening stock...
N.Ireland
A Co. Antrim sheep farmer with almost a thousand breeding ewes has been elected as the newest addition to the British...
N.Ireland
A total of 14 cases of Schmallenberg virus are awaiting official confirmation in tests so far this year in Northern Ireland....
N.Ireland
Two Northern Ireland sheep farmers have been nominated to replace outgoing British Wool Board chairman Ian Buchanan as the Northern...
N.Ireland
An exchange trip to New Zealand over 40 years ago inspired TV sheep farmer Bobby Lennox to give easy care...
N.Ireland
Genetic analysis could become a major selling point for commercial breeders too, farmers at the Northern Ireland sheep conference were...
N.Ireland
Grass management measures as simple as closing the gate behind you could make your business more efficient, grassland advisor Gareth...
N.Ireland
Several sheep have had to be put down after a dog attacked and savaged a flock in Garvagh, Co. Derry....
N.Ireland
Scottish sheep producer Bobby Lennox, who starred on hit agricultural TV show This Farming Life, is set to head the line-up...
N.Ireland
Recent lamb price cuts in Northern Ireland have been criticised by the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU), with the organisation pointing...
N.Ireland
Farmers in Northern Ireland who will be dipping their sheep this autumn will need to have a Certificate of Competence...
Rural Life
A Scottish man has sheared more than 2,000 sheep in a 50-hour endurance test, raising thousands of pounds for charity....
N.Ireland
Best-practice guidelines for beef and sheep farmers during the month of June have been released by the Department of Agriculture,...
Beef
Farmers are ‘justifiably concerned‘ following the news of Dawn Meats proposed takeover of Dunbia, according to the Irish Creamery and Milk...