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Mountbellew Mart to host European and Connacht sheep shearing championships
Darren Carty
The two-day event takes place on the June bank holiday weekend on 30 May and 1 June
Mountbellew Mart to host European and Connacht sheep shearing championships
Ewe numbers fall by 94,477 head or 3.7% in 2024
26 April 2025 News
Ewe numbers fall by 94,477 head or 3.7% in 2024
The results of the Department of Agriculture’s annual sheep and goat census shows ewe numbers fell in each of the 26 counties.
Over 25% less sheep slaughtering this March – CSO
25 April 2025 News
Over 25% less sheep slaughtering this March – CSO
This decline has been a trend for the year as slaughtering numbers have dropped 22.6% between January and March compared to the same period last year.
Sheep 2025 major sheep event launched for 21 June 2025
The sheep industry event which takes place in Teagasc Athenry will focus on the future of sheep farming and is free for patrons to attend.
25 April 2025 News
Sheep prices fall by over €10/head
Both lambs and hoggets have been hit with price cuts in the region of 50c/kg when compared with last week.
23 April 2025 News
Farm fencing – to go with or without TAMS aid
Bovine electric fencing has a reference cost of €2.77/m while sheep fencing has a reference cost of €6.75/m on lowland ground and €8.81/m on mountain terrain.
23 April 2025 Infrastructure
Britain upgrades risk of foot-and-mouth incursion to medium
Further cases, particularly additional member states being infected, or a change in the epidemiological situation such as evidence of disease in wild animals, would cause the risk to increase to high.
22 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Rewetting option for ACRES farmers later this year
Work is also underway to find out how private funding could be used to get carbon farming off the ground.
16 April 2025 Climate and environment
£1.8m worth of animals killed in UK dog attacks in 2024
UK insurance composite NFU Mutual has urged pet owners to keep their dogs on a lead this Easter, as it expects thousands of people to plan a spring day out with their dogs in the countryside.
16 April 2025 News
Young sheep farmer forum launched to tackle sector challenges
The forum was launched by Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon on Tuesday 15 April at an event hosted on one of Kepak’s supplier farms, owned by Damien Flynn in Dunshaughlin, Co Meath.
15 April 2025 News
Easter demand lifts lamb price to €10/kg
Opening prices for quality assured spring lambs are in the region of €9.70/kg with regular sellers securing higher returns
10 April 2025 News
My Farming Week: Peter McGee, Ballintra, Co Donegal
On this edition of My Farming Week, we spoke to Donegal suckler and sheep farmer, Peter McGee, who recently had double sextuplet lambs on his farm.
9 April 2025 News