Sheep
Choosing your sheep stock for the future
An ambassador for a Welsh sheep genetic improvement project is encouraging farmers to carefully select rams and ewes in the...
Sheep
Sheep
Industry conference to raise the bar for sheep health and welfare
Working together for world-leading health and welfare is the focus of the fifth Sheep Health and Welfare Group (SHAWG) conference...
Agri Politics
Scottish cabinet secretary gives his backing to the sheep sector in NSA meeting
Relations between the Scottish Government and the country’s sheep farmers and crofters were “strengthened” in a recent meeting between National...
Sheep
Sheep trade deals with New Zealand and Australia 'present the biggest risks' - NSA
Domestic sheep farming must be safeguarded amongst future trade deals with New Zealand and Australia. This was the message delivered...
N.Ireland
Don’t take the risk, quarantine newly-purchased sheep
Sheep farmers up and down the country over the past few weeks have been very active across marts. This is...
Beef
What is the correct way to stack round bales of silage?
In recent years, more and more baled silage has been made and this year is no different. Tractors and balers...
Rural Life
Young shepherd scoops first NSA giveaway of 2020
With plans to start his own sheep enterprise in the near future, news that he was the first winner of...
N.Ireland
Are worm burdens affecting the performance of your lambs?
Worm control is vital if you are aiming to achieve good lamb growth rates and a profitable sheep enterprise. Heavy...
N.Ireland
Checklist for shearers and farmers produced during Covid-19
An industry checklist has been produced to ensure that shearers, wool handlers and farmers work in partnership to keep everyone...
Sheep
Dog attacks leave Anglesey farm ‘hanging in the balance’
Anglesey farmer Esther Howie was left in a state of shock when she went for her routine check-up on the...
Beef
NI marts suspend operations amidst virus pandemic
Niall Claffey and Claire Mc Cormack A large number of marts across Northern Ireland have announced the suspension of operations...
Sheep
'Ewe protein levels important for neonatal survival' - QMS
Ewes with low protein levels have a higher risk of losing lambs between scanning and birth, according to the latest...
Sheep
Long-term opportunity to manage 1,200 sheep...in Northumberland
A rare, new opportunity has opened to manage 1,200 commercial Texel/Beltex ewes on the Matfen Estate in Northumberland, England. The...
Agri-Business
2 ‘thieves’ arrested following discovery of 29 sheep in 2 vehicles
Two men have been arrested in South Africa following a police discovery of 29 sheep in two vehicles that were...
Rural Life
‘Chris’ the record-breaking sheep dies
A sheep that broke records in recent years for the world’s heaviest fleece has died, it has emerged. The sheep,...
Sheep
Thinking of synchronising your ewes for the breeding season?
Coming into the sheep breeding season, farmers around the country will be analysing their flock, to make sure they are...
Sheep
The threat of Brexit continues to hang over sheep sector in Northern Ireland
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president Ivor Ferguson believes that Northern Ireland’s sheep sector is the one that will be most...
Rural Life
French school enrolls sheep in final effort to ‘boost numbers’
With numbers of students in a remote French school dropping, locals took ‘an alternative approach’ to sustaining numbers of pupils...
