Sheep
Wool prices set to remain strong following 20% increase
Wool prices are set to gather momentum over the coming months. This follows four successive full clearances at recent auctions...
Ewes
Sheep
Gap in EAE vaccines expected until August due to 'batch failure' - Ceva
Ceva Animal Health has said there will be a gap in the supply of enzootic abortion of ewes (EAE) vaccines...
N.Ireland
Advice: Actions to take as weather improves
With temperatures on the rise and better weather for the past few days, field operations and grazing have begun across...
N.Ireland
What age should replacement ewes be first mated at?
While lambing replacement ewes at one-year-old is a common practice in many flocks, some farmers prefer to first lamb replacements...
Sheep
Volac to host free lambing webinar with vet and advisors
Lamlac ewe milk repalcer manufacturer Volac will host a free advisory webinar offering lambing and surplus lamb-rearing tips. The webinar...
Sheep
AHDB to host webinar on ewe mastitis and its business impacts
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) will host a webinar for its members centred on mastitis in the sheep...
Sheep
RamCompare nominations for 2023 breeding season now open
Nominations are now open to join RamCompare, a partnership aimed at developing genetic improvements in the UK’s sheep industry, for...
N.Ireland
Sheep management: Giving time to put condition back on ewes
Breeding on mid-season lambing flocks may seem a while away yet, but preparing ewes for it cannot and should not...
N.Ireland
Wicklow group visits EasyCare sheep operation in Co. Antrim
Members of the East Wicklow EasyCare (EWE) sheep group recently visited the Co. Antrim flock of Campbell Tweed. His Ballygally...
N.Ireland
Performance recording is the ‘true basis’ of sheep selection
Members of the UK Sheep Veterinary Society (SVS) have been told that the selection of breeding sheep on the basis...
Sheep
66% of UK sheep farms test positive for fertility-affecting parasite
Data taken from 375 UK sheep farms shows that 66.4% of units had one or more ewes testing positive for...
N.Ireland
Key considerations to take into account when housing ewes
With the housing of ewes well underway on many farms and with some having housed for a few weeks now,...
N.Ireland
Are your ewes wasting silage? Check out how this farmer overcame this problem
Last October, AgriLand paid a visit to Kenny O’Donnell – who is a pedigree Lleyn breeder – in Belmullet, Co. Mayo. He...
N.Ireland
Lameness: What can farmers do about it?
Lameness is a huge problem on sheep farms, especially this time of the year when animals are being housed and...
Beef
Call made for suckler subsidies to be scrapped
Official figures confirm that up to 80% of the income generated by suckler beef farmers in the UK is accounted...
Sheep
'Highly prolific flock' of 200 ewes to be sold in dispersal sale
A flock of 200 Texel Belclare cross ewes is set to go under the hammer in a dispersal sale in...
