Sheep
UK retailers under pressure to buy more British lamb
UK retailers are being urged to buy British lamb by the UK’s National Farmers Union (NFU). The UK is an...
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Sheep kill remains (10,000) ahead of last year
The sheep kill up to June 21 is over 10,000 head above the same 24 weeks as last year, the...
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Demand for Ramadan not as high as previous years - Bord Bia
The lamb trade eased significantly last week on the back of strong supplies and the demand of Ramadan not as...
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Lamb losses up 14% in Northern Ireland
While sheep farmers across the UK had a near normal lambing period in 2015, lamb losses in Northern Ireland increased...
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Worm dosing on sheep farms only effective half the time
Worm dosing on Irish sheep farms was found to be ineffective almost half the time in 2014. New figures from...
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Mild weather leading to early blowfly - farmers advised to treat now
Prevention is better than cure with blowfly strike, according to Wexford vet Padraig Harris. Blowfly strike is one of the main...
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Sheep farmers set to get more for their wool this year
Wool prices have increased by approximately 10% year on year, according to Co Wicklow wool merchant Vincent Pierce. “Irish merchants...
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5 tips to ensure you dose sheep correctly
Teagasc has produced a short guide to dealing with worms in sheep. It says to dose lambs based on faecal...
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Sheep film scoops award at the Cannes Film Festival
A film about sheep in Iceland called ‘Rams’ has won the Un Certain Regard prize at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival....
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Amazing video of farmer herding thousands of sheep from the sky
It’s like a scene from the Lion King as a New Zealand farmer uses a drone to not only film his...
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EU sheepmeat imports up 15% from 2014
EU sheepmeat imports increased by 15% from last year in the first quarter of 2015, according to Eblex, the organisations...
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Notice a slowdown in lamb growth rates? It's due to grass quality
Much of the slowdown in lamb growth rates is due to sward quality in June, Pat McCambridge of the College of Agriculture,...
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Irish sheepmeat exports to the UK have increased
Irish sheepmeat exports have increased by 1% from this time last year, according to Eblex, the organisation for the English...
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Sheepmeat exports in New Zealand and Australia see decline in first quarter
Sheepmeat exports in New Zealand and Australia have seen a decline in exports in the first quarter of 2015 which...
N.Ireland
Lambs die after their ears are cut off in 'sick' attack
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) in Armagh says that they are investigating after two lambs on a farm...
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Wool trading at €1.30/kg but lower oil prices drive competitors' prices down
Wool prices are likely to average out at around €1.30/kg for the forthcoming season, according to Vincent Pierce of Wicklow-based Laurence Pierce...
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Australian lamb shortage drives up prices, but consumers not biting
Australia’s largest meat processor is to stand down over 200 of its staff in its abattoirs due to a lamb...
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Solution to dog attacks rests fairly and squarely with owners - Minister
With the lambing season well under way and the evenings starting to become longer the responsibility of dog owners and...
