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Sheep
McKillop tops Beattie’s Bluefaced Leicester female sale
Rachel Gallagher
The Bluefaced Leicester in-lamb sale took place at the Beatties Pedigree Centre, Omagh.
5 February 2025 Breeding & health
Donegal’s leading longwool Perth societies join forces for a bumper in-lamb sale
Rachel Gallagher spoke with breeders ahead of the upcoming sale of longwool Perth ewe lambs and in-lamb ewes.
5 February 2025 Markets
Sheep Trends: hogget prices turn a corner
Prices have stabilised and agents are showing much more interest in sheep this week, with higher-priced deals going for larger batches of hoggets
Sheep mart prices: agents more keen for hoggets
Mart managers report agents exhibiting greater bite for hoggets as the week progresses, with prices steadying and firming by in cases by €1 to €3/head.
5 February 2025 Markets
My Farming Week: Michael Farrell, Dromard, Co Sligo
In this edition of My Farming Week, we spoke to Sligo pedigree sheep and suckler farmer Michael Farrell who recently had four lambs from one ewe.
5 February 2025 News
Sheep management: ewe nutrition, colostrum and schmallenberg virus
Ewe nutrition in late gestation has a profound effect on lamb birth weights, colostrum quality and yield and ewe mothering ability.
5 February 2025 Management
Teeth issues significant cause of thin ewes
The results from the Department of Agriculture / Teagasc Thin Ewe Scheme showed teeth issues as the main contributor to thin ewes in 17% of ewes in the study
5 February 2025 Breeding & health
Hogget prices stabilise and rebound
Agents have been more active in recent days in sourcing hoggets, with prices ranging from €8.80/kg to €9/kg.
5 February 2025 Markets
Over 1,200 cattle seized by Department in 2024
Kilkenny was by far the county with the highest number of cattle seized in 2024.
5 February 2025 News
'Come Farm With Me' school webinar returns
Launched at the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Co Laois, in 2024, the series welcomed over 24,000 students virtually across broccoli, beef and pig farms prior to Christmas.
5 February 2025 News
North Country Cheviots hit high of 1,650gns at Northie Sparklers sale
Rachel Gallagher reports from Beatties Pedigree Centre, Omagh, for the fourth annual Northie Sparklers sale.
5 February 2025 Breeding & health
Four in-lamb ewes killed in dog attack in Co Clare
A further two sheep are missing and the farmer said several more of his flock will not survive.
5 February 2025 News