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Niall Hurson on 25 Mar 2021
My Farming Week: Glyn Egan, Barnastooka, Kilgarvan, Co Kerry
Meet the Kerry sheep farmer who recently returned home from Australia to take over the family farm.
John Sleigh on 10 Mar 2021
Growing neeps at 1,000 feet
Robert Gilchrist and John Sleigh catch up with Andy and Debbie Duffus at their farm beside Tomintoul.
Darren Carty on 03 Feb 2021
SheepWatch: some variation but trade mainly steady
Some sales recorded movement in the trade, with average prices rising or falling by €1 to €3 per head, while most mart managers pointed to a largely steady trade.
David Wright on 20 Jan 2021
No derogation for stranded sheep
Breeding sheep in Britain are unable to move to NI since new post-Brexit trading arrangements came into force on 1 January 2021
Peter McCann on 06 Jan 2021
UFU press for flexibility with Irish Sea border
Victor Chestnutt said the pedigree livestock trade between Britain and Northern Ireland is 'all but finished' under the current rules.
Peter McCann on 22 Dec 2020
‘Long process’ to fix sea border barriers
Talks are under way about rule changes that would help the movement of livestock across the Irish Sea after the Brexit transition period.
Jack Kennedy on 18 Dec 2020
Watch: Farm Tech Talk - The Livestock Show
Watch the Irish Farmers Journal specialist team discuss what is happening in the various sectors this week.
Peter McCann on 16 Dec 2020
Sea border blocks pedigree livestock trade
The latest issue surrounds NI-origin livestock that are taken to a sale in Britain, but then need to return to NI.
Darren Carty on 02 Dec 2020
SheepWatch: finished lamb prices continue to edge upwards
Many marts report prices increasing to the tune of €1 to €2 per head, with lambs weighing over 50kg averaging in the region of €122 to €128.
Peter McCann on 02 Dec 2020
No solution to stranded sheep
The most recent issue to emerge surrounds the movement of pedigree livestock from sales in Britain to farms in Northern Ireland
John Sleigh on 25 Nov 2020
Keeping the cows out in Tomintoul
This week John Sleigh catches up with Andy and Debbie Duffus to find out how autumn is moving into winter on their livestock farm in Tominoul.
David Wright on 25 Nov 2020
Breeding sheep left stranded in Britain
Up to 9,000 breeding sheep are moved from Scotland and the north of England into NI each year
Darren Carty on 18 Nov 2020
SheepWatch: lamb prices experience further €1 to €2 price lift
Fleshed lambs weighing 50kg and upwards are easily reaching €120 per head, with prices for these lambs averaging €120 to €126 per head.
Katriona Kinsella on 04 Nov 2020
My Farming Week: Katie McCarthy, Fustane, Kenmare, Co Kerry
This Kerry lady farms sheep and sucklers with her grandfather Dan McCarthy, and wouldn't change it for the world.
Kieran Mailey on 14 Oct 2020
Blackface hoggets stolen near Limavady
A Limavady sheep farmer had 43 Scottish Blackface hoggets stolen last wednesday night.
Darren Carty on 30 Sep 2020
Top of €3,100 recorded at West of Ireland Lanark Breeders sale
The highlight of the two-day sale of rams and female replacements was the demand for top-quality rams and good-quality ewe hoggets and ewe lambs.
Declan Marren on 28 Sep 2020
MartBids: hoggets break €200 mark at Mayo Mountain Blackface sale
The strong prices for breeding sheep continued in Ballinrobe on Saturday for the Mayo Mountain Blackface Sheep Breeders group sale.
Tommy Moyles on 12 Sep 2020
Three generations of breeding on the Comeragh Mountains
As Michael Ketch's Trenearla flock gets ready for an on-farm production sale, we revisit a feature from this year's Beef and Sheep Farmer magazine.
Peter McCann on 09 Sep 2020
Strong show of ewe lambs at Aghanloo
The sale was conducted by auctioneer Alexander Gourley at Aghanloo outside Limavady on Tuesday
Darren Carty on 06 Sep 2020
In pictures: flying trade at Cooley Peninsula one-day sale
There was an excellent trade at the 10th annual Cooley Sheep Breeders Association multi-breed sale, with hoggets selling to a top of €264 and ewe lambs fetching a top price of €182.