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Sheep Trends: hogget quotes down 20c/kg to 30c/kg
Darren Carty
Opening prices for quality assured hoggets are in the region of €8.80/kg, with some deals continuing to be completed at €8.90/kg and €9/kg at the top end of the market.
29 January 2025 Markets
Camera at the Mart: red-hot trade for beef in Ballinasloe
When it came to beef cattle, flesh cover and quality were paramount, with little notice taken of age and moves once the cattle were right.
29 January 2025 Lambing
Focus lambing: Dealing with an abortion storm
With supplies of the vaccine for enzootic abortion in tight supply last autumn some farmers who could not source required supplies are possibly facing a heightened risk
Focus lambing: Navigating through clostridial vaccine supply issues
There are varying reports on whether it is possible to alternate between vaccines and reliably boost immunity for passive transfer via colostrum.
29 January 2025 Lambing
Hogget prices fall by over 50c/kg in two weeks
Base quotes over the last week have reduced by 20c/kg to 30c/kg and follow a similar fall in the previous week.
29 January 2025 Markets
New product watch – NoBACZ navel dip
The product has some big claims including 21% reduction in mortality compared to lambs which navel’s were treated with iodine and a 280g increase in liveweight at eight weeks of age.
29 January 2025 Lambing
Sheep Management: organic feed, thin ewes and identifying problems
Farmers sourcing organic feed should investigate the quality of ingredients in the mix with reports continuing to indicate some mediocre feed on the market.
29 January 2025 Management
Pull out all the stops to reduce mortality
Sheep farmers have never been heading in to a lambing season where every additional lamb or ewe saved has such a high potential value
29 January 2025 Lambing
Thin animals reduce productivity and increase disease risk
Farmers at this week’s Teagasc national sheep conferences were told that thin ewes are a continual drain on productivity and increase the risk of disease establishing.
29 January 2025 Management
Facility to amend SCEP reference number open
The window to amend your 2025 yearly reference numbers is open until 11.59pm on 12 February 2025.
29 January 2025 Schemes
Sheep price update: factories inflict further 20c/kg hogget price cut
Base quotes in most pants have now reduced to €8.70/kg plus respective QA payments, with a number of plants not processing on Tuesday.
27 January 2025 Markets
Green light for Teagasc sheep conferences
Teagasc has confirmed its first lowland sheep conference taking place in the Ard Rí House Hotel in Tuam will go ahead as planned on Tuesday 28 January.
27 January 2025 News