Sheep

Tullamore Farm update: ewes scan at 1.88 lambs per ewe joined

Ewe lambs meanwhile scanned at just over one lamb per ewe joined to rams in a three and a half week breeding season.

TULLAMORE FARM 7 January 2026

Tullamore Farm update: ewes scan at 1.88 lambs per ewe joined

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Sheep Management: marketing cull ewes, carcase weights and SIS reference number

Sheep Management: marketing cull ewes, carcase weights and SIS reference number

MANAGEMENT 7 January 2026

Sheep mart prices: west-east price divide remains

Sheep mart prices: west-east price divide remains

MARKETS 7 January 2026

Sheep Trends: greater focus on carcase weights

Sheep Trends: greater focus on carcase weights

Sheep Trends: greater focus on carcase weights

MARKETS 7 January 2026

Camera at the Mart: cull ewes hit €250/head in Tuam

Camera at the Mart: cull ewes hit €250/head in Tuam

Camera at the Mart: cull ewes hit €250/head in Tuam

MARKETS 7 January 2026

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Camera at the Mart: breeding sheep keenly sought in Clogher

Camera at the Mart: breeding sheep keenly sought in Clogher

Young ewes scanned in-lamb met keen demand at Clogher Valley's sale on 30 January, with 2,000 sheep being sold.

MARKETS 5 January 2026

Camera at the Mart: wholesale buyers drive demand in Tullow

Camera at the Mart: wholesale buyers drive demand in Tullow

Top-quality lambs weighing upwards of 52kg exceeded the €180 mark and sold in the main from €180 to €188.

MARKETS 5 January 2026

Sheep kill fell by almost 415,000 head in 2025

Sheep kill fell by almost 415,000 head in 2025

The 17% reduction comes after the kill fell by over 375,000 head in 2024 with throughput reducing by almost 800,000 head in the space of just two years.

MARKETS 5 January 2026

Australian farmers flock to wool or shedding sheep

Australian farmers flock to wool or shedding sheep

Farmers want either a shedding breed to avoid rising shearing costs altogether or the finer-wooled Merino to pay the costs back.

FEATURE 5 January 2026

Do you need to spread slurry using LESS equipment in 2026?

Do you need to spread slurry using LESS equipment in 2026?

Farmers with a grassland stocking rate above 100kg organic nitrogen/ha in 2025 must apply slurry with low emission slurry spreading equipment in 2026.

SCHEMES 5 January 2026

Decline in UK cattle and sheep numbers

Decline in UK cattle and sheep numbers

UK livestock numbers keep falling Defra’s June 2025 agricultural survey shows.

NORTHERN IRELAND 5 January 2026

Sheep price update: tricky travel conditions hit throughput

Sheep price update: tricky travel conditions hit throughput

While prices remain steady in the main, some sellers in a position to move large numbers at short notice negotiated 10c/kg higher.

MARKETS 5 January 2026

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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