N.Ireland
‘Timing of lamb imports designed to undermine local prices’
The volume of lamb imported from New Zealand and Australia through Belfast port in 2015 is deeply concerning, according to...
Lamb
N.Ireland
'Timing of lamb imports designed to undermine local prices'
The volume of lamb imported from New Zealand and Australia through Belfast port in 2015 is deeply concerning, according to...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland should have its own halal processing facility for sheep – LMC
There would be merit in Northern Ireland having a standalone halal slaughter and processing facility for sheep, according to Livestock...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland should have its own halal processing facility for sheep - LMC
There would be merit in Northern Ireland having a standalone halal slaughter and processing facility for sheep, according to Livestock...
Sheep
New Zealand lamb crop at its lowest in 60 years
The New Zealand spring lamb crop is at its lowest in 60 years, with 23.9m lambs, according to a report...
Sheep
Imports of Northern lamb for slaughter up 4% on 2014
During the 12 weeks ending September 19, 2015 a total of 72,481 lambs were imported from Northern Ireland for direct...
Beef
New Zealand's beef trade is now worth more than lamb
Overall cattle numbers in New Zealand in the first six months of the year have fallen, with beef cattle numbers...
Sheep
New Zealand lamb production up 1% on 2014, exports down 4%
New Zealand lamb production for the 2014-15 season-to-date (October 2014 to June 2015) is 1% higher than the previous year,...
Sheep
Australian lamb exports to reach record levels
Australian lamb exports are to reach record levels in the second half (H2) of 2015, AHDB the English organisation for...
Sheep
'Lamb must be included in beef trade missions'
Sheep meat and lamb cannot simply be forgotten about – it needs to be brought in at the same time...
Rural Life
Video: BBC reporter left feeling sheepish after lamb has 'wee moment'
A BBC Northern Ireland reporter recently had a ‘wee moment’ with a lamb when it heeded the call of nature....
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...
Sheep
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...
Sheep
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,...
Sheep
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...
Rural Life
Wooly jumper - meet the lamb that thinks it's a horse
A lamb on a pet farm in Co. Kildare recently took the phrase ‘wool jumper’ to new heights recently! Stonebrook...
N.Ireland
Mixed retail performance for Northern lamb
Total expenditure on lamb in the UK during the 12 weeks ending September 14, 2014, totalled £130m compared to £126m...
N.Ireland
Mixed retail performance for Northern lamb
Total expenditure on lamb in the UK during the 12 weeks ending September 14, 2014, totalled £130m compared to £126m...
