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Large number of heavy hoggets hit the ring in Tullamore
Rachel Gallagher
Rachel Gallagher reports from GVM Tullamore for the weekly sheep sale.
10 April 2025 News
Easter demand lifts lamb price to €10/kg
Opening prices for quality assured spring lambs are in the region of €9.70/kg with regular sellers securing higher returns
9 April 2025 Features
Bánór: Have you herd? Bánór is a new ewe ritual
Tipp friends transformed sheep milk into a skin saviour and customers are loving their ‘white gold’, writes Deirdre Verney.
Camera at the Mart: spring lambs hit a high of €6/kg in Raphoe
Rachel Gallagher reports from Raphoe Livestock Mart for the weekly sheep sale.
9 April 2025 Markets
Peak nematodirus egg hatching hitting some areas earlier
Peak hatching is expected to occur in most areas in the early days of April while peak hatching occurred in many Atlantic coastal fringes at the end of March.
9 April 2025 Markets
Sheep management: grass management, scald and ewes going on their back
Grass growth rate has improved but it is important that farmers continue to take steps to build supplies until growth is capable of satisfying demand.
9 April 2025 Markets
Sheep mart prices: numbers low despite higher prices
While some sales are witnessing more ewe hoggets and cull ewes being attracted to the ring, in general numbers remain tight, with prices continuing to edge upwards.
9 April 2025 Markets
Sheep Trends: lamb prices edge closer to €10/kg
Prices have increased by another 10c/kg over the last week, with demand for ewes also intensifying.
9 April 2025 Markets
My Farming Week: Peter McGee, Ballintra, Co Donegal
On this edition of My Farming Week, we spoke to Donegal suckler and sheep farmer, Peter McGee, who recently had double sextuplet lambs on his farm.
9 April 2025 News
Gardaí investigating after lamb found hung from gate
Gardaí attended the scene of the incident in Summerhill, Co Meath, on Saturday 5 April.
8 April 2025 News
Sheep price update: ICM increases quotes by another 10c/kg
The move sees the plant offering a base price of €9/kg plus 20c/kg QA for hoggets and €9.50/kg plus 20c/kg QA for spring lambs.
7 April 2025 Markets
Lowest sheep kill in over a decade
Throughput for the first quarter of 2025 fell by over 150,000 head or 23% when compared with Q1 in 2024.
5 April 2025 News