N.Ireland
A vet is confirming that Schmallenberg disease has significantly impacted the performance of early lambing flocks in NI in recent weeks.
Sheep
Wool prices are set to gather momentum over the coming months. This follows four successive full clearances at recent auctions hosted by...
Ceva has said there will be a gap in the supply of EAE vaccines from June until August due to a "batch failure" in the manufacturing process.
With temperatures on the rise and better weather for the past few days, field operations and grazing have begun across the country after...
While lambing replacement ewes at one-year-old is a common practice in many flocks, some farmers...
Lamlac ewe milk repalcer manufacturer Volac will host a free advisory webinar offering lambing and surplus lamb-rearing tips.
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) will host a webinar for its members...
Nominations are now open to join RamCompare, a partnership aimed at developing genetic...
Breeding on mid-season lambing flocks may seem a while away yet, but preparing ewes for it cannot...
Members of the East Wicklow EasyCare (EWE) sheep group recently visited the Co. Antrim flock of Campbell Tweed.
Members of the SVS have been told that the selection of breeding sheep on the basis of their performance-recording figures is important.
Data taken from 375 UK sheep farms shows that 66.4% of units had one or more ewes testing positive for the parasite Toxoplasman gondii.
With the housing of ewes well underway on many farms and with some having housed for a few weeks...
Last October, AgriLand paid a visit to Kenny O'Donnell - who is a pedigree Lleyn breeder - in...
Lameness is a huge problem on sheep farms, especially this time of the year when animals are being...
Beef
Up to 80% of the income generated by suckler beef farmers in the UK is accounted for by the EU Single Payment support mechanism.
A flock of 200 Texel Belclare cross ewes is set to go under the hammer in a dispersal sale in Tullow Mart, Co. Carlow on Tuesday, February 7.
