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Farmer Writes: winter a quieter time on Blackface Farm

With rams out with the ewes, it is time to address some jobs we have put off since summer, writes Lucy Christie

FARMER WRITES 29 November 2025

Farmer Writes: winter a quieter time on Blackface Farm

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Top of €5,150 at Waterford Blackface sheep breeders sale

Top of €5,150 at Waterford Blackface sheep breeders sale

PEDIGREE 12 November 2025

Thoughts now turn to breeding sheep

Thoughts now turn to breeding sheep

FARMER WRITES 10 November 2025

NI Farmer Writes: season drawing in with tup lamb sales

NI Farmer Writes: season drawing in with tup lamb sales

NI Farmer Writes: season drawing in with tup lamb sales

NORTHERN IRELAND 18 October 2025

Top price of €7,000 at South of Ireland Lanark sale

Top price of €7,000 at South of Ireland Lanark sale

Top price of €7,000 at South of Ireland Lanark sale

PEDIGREE 8 October 2025

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Blackface ram lambs to 34,000gns at Ballymena

Blackface ram lambs to 34,000gns at Ballymena

The Blackface Ulster Ram Breeders held it’s annual sale at Ballymena on Monday.

NORTHERN IRELAND 17 September 2025

A Farmer Writes: unwelcome storm as tup fever kicks-in

A Farmer Writes: unwelcome storm as tup fever kicks-in

Lucy Christie has been helping to prepare Blackface rams for sale on Monday.

FARMER WRITES 17 September 2025

Hill group breeding sales in full swing

Hill group breeding sales in full swing

Entries have also opened for Sheep Ireland’s 2025 multi-breed hill ram sale of genotyped and sire verified rams, all of which are eligible for the Sheep Improvement Scheme.

BREEDING & HEALTH 17 September 2025

28,000gns for Bluefaced Leicester ram lamb

28,000gns for Bluefaced Leicester ram lamb

On Saturday records were broken at Ballymena Livestock Mart in the Bluefaced Leicester ram lamb section with a new centre record for Northern Ireland.

NORTHERN IRELAND 17 September 2025

Farmer Writes: best to leave the experts to sort the sheep

Farmer Writes: best to leave the experts to sort the sheep

Lucy Christie reckons decisions on which sheep to allocate to various batches is best left to others.

FARMER WRITES 17 September 2025

Attention to detail the key to targets in Glentraigue

Attention to detail the key to targets in Glentraigue

Martin Joe Kerrigan is doing the simple things right and seeing the rewards for it on his organic hill farm, writes Martin Merrick.

BREEDING & HEALTH 17 September 2025

How Mayo became home to Ireland’s largest sheep farm

How Mayo became home to Ireland’s largest sheep farm

A new book tells this extraordinary story of how vast tracts of land were cleared of tenants in the wake of the Famine to create a Scottish-style hill sheep system. Edwin McGreal reports.

NEWS 17 September 2025

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