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All the latest sheep farming news from the Irish Farmers Journal. Keep up to date with all farming and production news developments in the sheep farming sector.
Alignment of Easter and Ramadan bodes well for sheep farmers
The religious festivals are expected to drive demand for lambs for the next five years.
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Sheep management: grass management, clostridial vaccination and tagging
Grass supplies vary greatly on farms following a dip in temperatures and lower growth rates.
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Short-term measures to combat increased risk of grass tetany in ewes
The change in weather may catch some flocks off guard so it is important to take measures to minimise the risk
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Listen: grassland weed control - getting it right
Stephen Robb talks to Chris Maughan on the most effective strategies to control grassland weeds this spring.
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Vet's View: risk time for scoury lambs
Forecasts over the last weeks and discussions with sheep farmers have shown several case of nematodirus battus in lambs already this year.
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Spring lambs sell to €140 in Mountbellew Mart
Saturday’s sale had a much larger entry of cull ewes and hoggets, while there was an excellent trade for a strong entry of ewes with lambs at foot.
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Stepehen Lott and Darren Carty explain the routine of weighing and tagging newborn lambs on Lyons Farm.
Tommy Boland and Darren Carty discuss the wider sheep program on UCD Lyons Farm.
Darren Carty and Tommy Boland explain how to identify a ewe about to lamb.
Darren Carty and Tommy Heffernan sit down with Lambing Live's sponsors Cormac Tagging - to discuss the new EID tags for sheep and the grant available.
Darren Carty along with Tommy Boland and PhD researcher Jonathan Higgins show how to stomach tube a lamb and why it is done.
Darren Carty discusses what research UCD is carrying out at present in the area of grassland.
Darren Carty and Tommy Heffernan of the Irish Farmers Journal in conversation with Tommy Boland and Paddy Wall on the state of sheep markets and where lamb fits in in current markets.
Tommy Heffernan speaking with Marijke Beltman and Michael Doherty at #LambingLive2019 on the topics of AMR in flocks and disease management.
Odile Evans speaks to Alex Evans, Michael Doherty and Alan Jagoe at #LambingLive2019 of the industry challenges and perceptions based around agriculture.
In the second instalment of our Lambing Advice series, Darren and Tommy look at the importance of late pregnancy feeding in order to set a good foundation for a positive lambing.
Irish Hereford Prime certification guarantees the highest possible standards
Since 1997 the Irish Hereford Prime beef producer group and its partners have worked hard to market Hereford as the beef of choice for top chefs throughout Ireland and Europe.
Working to deliver cost savings and a better environment
Smart Farming targets €250,000 in savings for farmers in 2019. The seminar is on Tuesday, 30 April at 1.45pm in Midlands Park Hotel, Portlaoise
Feed additive lifts cow fertility and health
Co Limerick dairy farmer Ned Frost credits a feed additive with improving herd health while simultaneously lifting fertility in his 180-cow Holstein Friesian herd.
Cocci TV –Preventing coccidiosis and the 750 ewe part-time flock
New episodes in the popular coccidiosis mini-series brought to you by Chanelle Veterinary.