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At the age of 10, Donnacha Boland from Co Wexford is already a keen sheep man, but he can turn his hand to many jobs on the farm. In conversation with Anne O’Donoghue.
Mart managers report ewe hoggets continuing to come on stream in high numbers, with some farmers cautious of prospects in breeding sales next autumn and moving lower grade hoggets.
A bunch of heavily in-lamb Jacob hogget ewes have been discovered left into a field in Carlow. Meanwhile, an unknown woman in Clare is missing similar sheep.
The economics of rearing orphan or pet lambs will be under pressure this season given the escalation in concentrate costs and significant rise in the cost of milk replacer.