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Sheep
Global sheep prices: Australian prices record significant improvement
Darren Carty
Australian prices have increased to the equivalent of upwards of €5/kg, but New Zealand farmers remain in big trouble, with farmgate returns at just €3.70/kg.
8 May 2024 Grass & feeding
Focus on grass driving performance in Donegal
The mother and son team of Margaret and Jack Stevenson are running a high-performing 500-head ewe flock alongside a 30 head suckler-to-weaning enterprise in Donegal.
21 April 2024 Markets
Australian sheep sector setting new production records
Throughput in the latest weekly kill increased by 125,918 head to 692,682, marking the largest combined sheep and lamb slaughter on record.
Sheep management: hill ewe condition, liver fluke and marketing lambs.
Reports indicate body condition in hill flocks is also a concern, with a higher percentage of ewes lacking condition compared to previous years.
31 January 2024 Management