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Sheep management: Ewe hoggets, sheep census and hill sheep conference
Darren Carty
There is a positive market outlook both for hoggets for slaughtering in the immediate months ahead and also in breeding sales and this should encourage farmers to maximise their performance.
22 January 2025 Management
Sheep management: Schmallenberg virus, SIS inspections and sheep census
Reports indicate a greater incidence of Schmallenberg virus in early lambing flocks ranging from sporadic cases to significant mortality.
3 January 2025 News
Weekend weather: windchills, frost and snow
Met Éireann has announced that this weekend will be very cold, with some very disruptive weather likely amid lowest temperatures of -5°C.
Sheep management: feeding early lambing ewes and sheep census
Where ewes are being retained indoors for any length of time, then concentrate supplementation needs to ensure that a nutritional deficit is minimised.
1 January 2025 Management
Sheep management: nitrates rules, culling ewes and hill ram DNA samples
From 1 January 2025 farms in Ireland with a grassland stocking rate in excess of 100kg/ha organic nitrogen cannot avail of reduced storage capacity via outwintering sheep.
23 December 2024 Management
Sheep census and SIS reference number
The number of ewes recorded on the 2024 annual sheep and goat census will have an influence on the Sheep Improvement Scheme and possibly the National Sheep Welfare Scheme
27 November 2024 Tagging
Refresher on sheep identification rules
Following on from this week’s new guide for completing records for the Sheep Improvement Scheme, we revisit advice to ensure compliance with animal identification rules.
14 September 2024 Management