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Sheep
Ewe numbers fall by 94,477 head or 3.7% in 2024
Darren Carty
The results of the Department of Agriculture’s annual sheep and goat census shows ewe numbers fell in each of the 26 counties.
26 February 2025 News
Double down on biosecurity - leading poultry vet
St David’s Poultry team specialist poultry vet Aonghus Lane advised farmers to “do the basics and do it as well as you possibly can”.
24 February 2025 Poultry
IFA hosting biosecurity webinar amid bird flu risk
The main speaker for the event is Aonghus Lane of St David's Poultry veterinary practitioners, who will deliver a presentation on the critical importance of biosecurity.
Farmers ‘rightly concerned’ about bird flu threat – Heydon
It comes after samples taken from a poultry flock in Monaghan on Thursday have tested negative for avian influenza.
21 February 2025 Poultry
Negative test for bird flu on Monaghan farm
This comes following positive preliminary tests for bird flu at a Co Tyrone farm last weekend and a housing order coming into force for the whole country.
21 February 2025 News
Bird flu found at Tyrone poultry unit
The poultry unit is situated between Cookstown and Dungannon in Co Tyrone.
19 February 2025 Northern Ireland
Poultry housing order an 'important step' - IFA
The compulsory housing order for all poultry and captive birds is effective from Monday.
17 February 2025 News
Dog control must fall under one department - Wicklow IFA
Thomas Byrne was speaking to the Irish Farmers Journal about three separate dog attacks that happened in the county in the last month.
5 February 2025 News
Four in-lamb ewes killed in dog attack in Co Clare
A further two sheep are missing and the farmer said several more of his flock will not survive.
5 February 2025 News
Scanners finding more singles in early lambing flocks
The Irish Farmers Journal asked seven sheep scanners from across the country about how lamb numbers have fared so far this year compared to previous seasons.
1 February 2025 News
Pedigree polytunnel gets new cover
Ronan Gallagher has invested in a heavy-duty tarp cover for his existing polytunnel for his prize winning pedigree Texels.
22 January 2025 Buildings
Farmer left to bear costs after two sheep killed in dog attack
The attack took place in Ballylaneen in the early hours of Saturday morning 4 January. Ten more sheep were injured in the attack.
12 January 2025 News