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Sheep
Spring lambs selling upwards of €9.60/kg
Darren Carty
Factories are exhibiting greater demand for lambs to fill niche orders for the Easter trade.
2 April 2025 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: hoping for a better year than 2012
James Strain reflects on some of the similarities between the start of this year and 2012, but hopes for a much different ending.
2 April 2025 Dealer
Sextuplet lambs
A Donegal farmer had 12 lambs out of two ewes in the space of a week.
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Watch: this week in photos as spring lambs, record sales and farming life unfold
Our top farming photos from the past week include record sales at Roscrea Mart, spring lambs thriving, honey production in Offaly and field preparations in Tipperary, showcasing Irish farming.
30 March 2025 News
Lightning trade for breeding sheep at Clogher
David Clarke reports on the trade at a breeding sheep sale held in Clogher Mart.
26 March 2025 Northern Ireland
Four lambs put down after dog attack in Kildare
A sheep farmer in Kildare has yet again been forced to put sheep down in the aftermath of a dog attack.
25 March 2025 News
Minister warns dog owners of financial devastation of dog attacks
National awareness campaign to remind dog owners of their responsibilities at lambing time.
24 March 2025 News
Reflections after a week of lambing chaos
Only for kind weather, the first week of lambing could been disastrous, writes Derek Robinson.
19 March 2025 Farmer Writes
In pictures: our favourite reader photos of the last week
Take a look at some of the photos our readers have sent us in recently.
19 March 2025 News
Editorial: lamb price decline
Young lambs are also benefiting from getting outside to grass and settled, before tougher weather arrives.
19 March 2025 Viewpoints
Watch: this week in pictures as newborn lambs and farm work unfold
Our top farming photos from the past week include spring planting, lambing season, key farm events and farmers preparing their land for the new season.
16 March 2025 News
Sheep farmers taking €32/head hit as processors profit - ICSA
Processors have cynically moved the goalposts by cutting both the price and the paid carcase weight in one fell swoop, according to ICSA sheep chair Willie Shaw.
14 March 2025 News