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Sheep
Sheep Management: organic feed, thin ewes and identifying problems
Darren Carty
Farmers sourcing organic feed should investigate the quality of ingredients in the mix with reports continuing to indicate some mediocre feed on the market.
8 January 2025 Schemes
€3.5m organic processing grant opened
The scheme provides funding to processors who wish to invest in developing facilities for the processing, preparation, grading, packing and storage of organic products.
1 January 2025 Grass & feeding
Evaluating finishing options for organic lambs
Teagasc have commenced studies which aim to establish finishing blueprints for lowland and hill lambs and help stem the leakage of 70% of lambs in to conventional systems.
Minister was in right place at right time to push organic farming
Irish organic farming continues to expand, but will markets grow at the same pace?
15 December 2024 News
All eligible organic sheep applications accepted
The growth in farmers converting to organic farming continues while another area recording significant growth is the Sheep Ireland LambPlus programme which closes on 16 December.
11 December 2024 News
700 new farmers accepted into the Organic Farming Scheme
All eligible applicants have been accepted in to the Organic Farming Scheme.
9 December 2024 News
700 farmers apply for Organic Farming Scheme
The sector continues to grow in prominence with the latest intake bringing participation to over 5,700. Over 5.5% of utilisable agricultural lands are now destined to be farmed organically.
2 December 2024 News
Route to market for organic produce
With organic farming now using 5% of Irish farm land with a target of growing to 10% Emmet Doyle, Organic sector manager Bord Bia reports on finding markets for this expanding category.
30 November 2024 Advertisers' anouncements
Organic feed demand surpasses 50,000t
Only a fraction of Ireland’s organic feed requirement is produced domestically, with the Department of Agriculture hoping for an increase in tillage participants in the latest intake.
20 November 2024 Schemes
Farm Tech Talk: sheep, SCEP and Dairy Day
The sheep trade, SCEP training, Dairy Day, shed design and nitrates all feature on this week's Farm Tech Talk.
8 November 2024 News
Assessing organic farming and sheep production
High payment rates are said to be encouraging more sheep farmers to consider converting to organic farming before the 2024 deadline of 29 November 2024.
6 November 2024 Management
Irish Organic Association looks to streamline inspections
The Irish Farmers Journal spoke to farmers and associations involved in the Organic Farming Scheme to see how manageable the conversion to organic is.
23 October 2024 News