Rural Life
Video: BBC reporter left feeling sheepish after lamb has 'wee moment'
A BBC Northern Ireland reporter recently had a ‘wee moment’ with a lamb when it heeded the call of nature....
Sheep
Sheep
'Weaning is the time to check ewes for culling'
Weaning is the time to check ewes for culling, according to Pat McCambridge of the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise...
Grass
Set stocking is not fit for purpose - grassland specialist advises
Irish livestock farmers could improve the output they achieve from grazed grass, if they moved away from set stocking, according...
Sheep
Producing wool is 'too expensive' so farmer turns to Easycare sheep
Shearing sheep hasn’t been a paying proposition for the past number of years, according to Co. Antrim sheep farmer Campbell...
Sheep
'UK sheepmeat exports to non-traditional markets growing'
There is a growing amount of UK sheepmeat exports to non-traditional EU markets, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) says....
Beef
UK beef sales fall over three-month period, lamb down 1% - LMC
Retail beef sales in the UK for the 12 weeks ending May 24, 2015 were down 1.4% compared to the...
Sheep
Sheep imports down 50% - impact of labelling rules and exchange rates
Imports of live sheep to Ireland have fallen by more than half in the first four months of 2015, according to the...
Sheep
UK retailers under pressure to buy more British lamb
UK retailers are being urged to buy British lamb by the UK’s National Farmers Union (NFU). The UK is an...
Sheep
Sheep kill remains (10,000) ahead of last year
The sheep kill up to June 21 is over 10,000 head above the same 24 weeks as last year, the...
Sheep
Lamb losses up 14% in Northern Ireland
While sheep farmers across the UK had a near normal lambing period in 2015, lamb losses in Northern Ireland increased...
Sheep
Worm dosing on sheep farms only effective half the time
Worm dosing on Irish sheep farms was found to be ineffective almost half the time in 2014. New figures from...
Sheep
Sheep farmers set to get more for their wool this year
Wool prices have increased by approximately 10% year on year, according to Co Wicklow wool merchant Vincent Pierce. “Irish merchants...
Sheep
5 tips to ensure you dose sheep correctly
Teagasc has produced a short guide to dealing with worms in sheep. It says to dose lambs based on faecal...
Sheep
Sheep film scoops award at the Cannes Film Festival
A film about sheep in Iceland called ‘Rams’ has won the Un Certain Regard prize at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival....
Sheep
Amazing video of farmer herding thousands of sheep from the sky
It’s like a scene from the Lion King as a New Zealand farmer uses a drone to not only film his...
Sheep
EU sheepmeat imports up 15% from 2014
EU sheepmeat imports increased by 15% from last year in the first quarter of 2015, according to Eblex, the organisations...
Sheep
Notice a slowdown in lamb growth rates? It's due to grass quality
Much of the slowdown in lamb growth rates is due to sward quality in June, Pat McCambridge of the College of Agriculture,...
Sheep
Irish sheepmeat exports to the UK have increased
Irish sheepmeat exports have increased by 1% from this time last year, according to Eblex, the organisation for the English...
