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Northern Ireland
NI vet explores potential for small ruminant dairy
Natasha Ferguson
Cormac White provides an update on his Nuffield scholarship on developing a sustainable small ruminant dairy production system building on the current sheep genetics already in Northern Ireland.
23 April 2025 Dealer
Costly Cork city goats
I see a group of goats have been putting a dent in the finances of Cork City Council. The wandering animals on the north ring road in the city have proved expensive to round up.
9 April 2025 News
1,500ha Mexican dairy farm hits the market
The large-scale dairy enterprise Tecnología Ganadera Tropical is based in the Campeche state and comes with professional management and an AFS breeding multiplication programme.
One Irish sheep flock under restriction for maedi visna
Maedi visna - also known as ovine progressive pneumonia - is a persistent infection of sheep and goats.
5 January 2025 News
Market Digest: stories from around the world
Brief news snippets from Australia, UK, United States and Brazil.
18 December 2024 World
Market Digest: stories from around the world
Brief news snippets from USA, Turkiye, Australia and Germany.
11 December 2024 World
How will animal tagging rules change for NI farmers in 2025?
Livestock farmers in Northern Ireland face new rules from next year on the tagging of cattle, sheep and goats.
27 November 2024 Tagging
Meet Ireland’s only pedigree goat exporter to Poland
We spoke to the only Irish pedigree goat breeder with a health status to export to countries like Germany and Poland ahead of his first transport.
30 October 2024 News
Sheep and goat plague causing ‘big loss of income’ for Greek farmers
Michalis Avdanas said his flock is currently clear of the virus, but there are indirect impacts.
6 August 2024 News
The Creamery reimagined in Co Leitrim
One multigenerational Leitrim farm family are using their complementary skillsets to create a very special rural enterprise, writes Brendan Dunford.
10 July 2024 Footprint Farmers
IFJ Junior: My Farming Week - Chloe Miley, Ballyglass, Knockcroghery, Roscommon
Chloe says that when she grows up she wants to be a farmer and hopefully a vet too.
26 June 2024 News
IFJ Junior editorial: 'I see how hard mum and dad work'
Living on a goat farm where we make our own cheese is busy, but I love being out in nature, writes Luisne Ní Urdail.
26 June 2024 l2