N.Ireland
One positive feature of this year’s Armagh Show was the turn-out of young handlers across all the competition sections of the event.
Beef
New Zealand sheep and beef farm profit is expected to increase 96% to NZ$287,600 per farm for the 2025/2026 year.
Ballymoney Show 2026 enjoyed a record turnout of sheep at this year’s event, with the young handlers’ competitions exemplifying this.
Agri-Business
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is aiming to grow the export value of New Zealand’s red meat sector to NZ$23 billion by 2035.
The global supply of terrestrial animal source food (TASF), driven mainly by egg, poultry and pig meat, has seen a significant increase.
Sheep
Farmers who use a selective treatment strategy against parasites on their lambs can identify those that benefit most from wormer treatments.
Dairy
Four new cases of bluetongue were detected in the UK last week as midge activity continues to ramp...
UFU and Ulster Wildlife have launched a peatland restoration trial using locally sourced wool on Slievenanee Mountain in the Antrim Hills.
CAFRE is inviting sheep farmers interested in sheep worm and fluke management innovation to join a knowledge-building event this summer.
New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows that the beef industry had its “strongest start on record” in 2026.
Organic beef and sheep production can deliver sustainable levels of income while also adding to the enjoyment of farming overall.
The rise of GLP‑1 weight‑loss drugs is creating both challenges and opportunities for red meat consumption, according to the AHDB
A dog owner, whose dogs killed 35 sheep and injured 14 more after being "dangerously out of control", has been fined.
The Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) has kickstarted a campaign to highlight the key role it plays in Northern Ireland’s agri-food sector
Dawn Meats has announced the acquisition of Alexander Eyckeler GmbH, a Germany-based meat importer and distributor.
Ulster Wool has confirmed that farmer member returns for the 2025 clip year are set to hit their highest level in 10 years.
Meat industry bodies in New Zealand have released a manifesto for the sector ahead of the country’s general election this year.
An active investigation is underway by DAERA after roughly a dozen of dead lambs were illegally dumped in Co. Derry over the weekend.
Rural Life
Lamb remained very popular this Easter as 9% of GB households bought lamb joints in the run-up to the festivities.
A Blowfly Emergence Forecast has been launched on the Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) website.
The UK cattle population declined 1% year-on-year in 2025; while the UK sheep flock saw a decline of 2.1% in the same period.
Better coordination of Ireland’s wool output on an all-island basis could represent a win/win scenario for Irish sheep farmers.
300 sheep have been removed from a hay shed in Co. Down were a fire broke out last night (Thursday, April 2).
