Sheep
Irish sheepmeat exports to the UK up 25.5% in the first three months of 2016 - LMC
The volume of Irish sheepmeat exported to the UK has jumped 25.5% during the first three months of 2016, recent...
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Sheep
Over 2,200 sheep to be shorn at this weekend's shearing championships
Over 2,200 sheep will be shore at the National and International Sheep Shearing Championships, which will take place from June...
Rural Life
5 reasons people love to hate going to the bog
There’s plenty of fine weather in store for the next few days and into the weekend, so tractors and trailers...
Rural Life
Here's the official rules for transporting bales on the road
If a farmer or contractor is driving a tractor transporting bales on a trailer it is their responsibility to ensure...
Sheep
Wool trading at €1/kg but prices could fall further - Merchant
Wool is generally trading at €1/kg, according to Wicklow-based wool merchant Vincent Pierce, but the outlook for the remainder of...
Dairy
FrieslandCampina holds milk price for June supplies of milk
FrieslandCampina has held its guaranteed price for raw milk for June supplies at €25.00/100kg of milk (24.16c/L in Irish constituents)....
Rural Life
Should farmers be allowed to shoot deer without a licence?
Farmers should be allowed to shoot deer on their own lands, but only where deer are causing a menace to...
Agri-Business
UN contest to bring World Food Day into spotlight
For 2016 World Food Day the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) is asking the world’s children to help it...
Beef
Carthy calls for suspension of Mercosur trade talks after Brazil President is ousted
Matt Carthy, the Sinn Féin MEP, has reiterated his calls for the suspension of negotiation on the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement....
Beef
China’s No. 1 meat processor to invest €156m in New Zealand’s No. 1 livestock company
Complaints by a New Zealand political party about a joint venture between meat megalith Silver Fern Farms and Chinese company...
Beef
Should more dairy farmers use Aubrac bulls to clean up?
To highlight the potential of the Aubrac cattle breed in Ireland, the Irish Aubrac Society held an open day in...
EU
Member States have a month to decide on a stance on glyphosate
With one month to go until the June 30 deadline for a decision on re-authorising glyphosate, discussions are still on-going...
Rural Life
1916, Tarzan and mental health-themed gardens to feature at Bloom
Over 100,000 people are expected to descend on the Phoenix Park between Thursday, June 2 and Monday, June 6 for Bloom...
Dairy
Australian dairy farmers to receive €357m in support
Struggling dairy farmers in Australia are to receive immediate assistance from the government there in the form of a AU$555m...
Dairy
UK milk price and production both dipped in April
Both the average UK farmgate milk price and milk production for April 2016 fell compared to the corresponding month last...
Dairy
Is intervention the best way to support milk prices?
Questions are now being asked as to whether intervention is the most suitable support mechanism for the dairy sector. In...
Sheep
UK consumers ditch lamb at Easter, sales drop by 12%
Lamb sales in the UK were down 12% on the year in the four-week period leading up to Easter Sunday...
N.Ireland
Will Michelle McIlveen live up to the DUP's farming commitments?
The Ulster Farmers’ Union has welcomed the appointment of Michelle McIlveen as the minister at the new Department of Agriculture,...