Rams

Providing shelter for ram lambs and safe transport of sheep

Producers should be mindful that an excessive spike in the body temperature of rams has the potential to lead to fertility issues in rams .

MANAGEMENT 11 July 2025

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Important year for genotyped ram action

Important year for genotyped ram action

NITRATES 16 June 2025

Criteria released for Sheep Ireland elite ram sale

Criteria released for Sheep Ireland elite ram sale

NEWS 23 May 2025

NI-bred Richhill Hakka tops the UK’s largest Dorset Sale

NI-bred Richhill Hakka tops the UK’s largest Dorset Sale

NI-bred Richhill Hakka tops the UK’s largest Dorset Sale

BREEDING & HEALTH 14 May 2025

Scanners finding more singles in early lambing flocks

Scanners finding more singles in early lambing flocks

Scanners finding more singles in early lambing flocks

NEWS 1 February 2025

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Huge success for inaugural Sheep Ireland hill ram sale

Huge success for inaugural Sheep Ireland hill ram sale

Rachel Gallagher reports from Manorhamilton mart for the inaugural Sheep Ireland hill ram sale.

BREEDING & HEALTH 30 September 2024

Powerful ram lamb tops Sliabh Liag sale

Powerful ram lamb tops Sliabh Liag sale

Rachel Gallagher reports from the annual Sliabh Liag Blackface sheep breeders’ association ram sale held in Ballybofey and Stranorlar livestock mart.

BREEDING & HEALTH 30 September 2024

Woods wins champion in Donegal town

Woods wins champion in Donegal town

Rachel Gallagher reports from Donegal livestock mart for the SW Donegal Blackface sheep breeders’ groups annual ram show and sale.

BREEDING & HEALTH 30 September 2024

Sheep management: SWS action timelines, high worm burdens and mating management

Sheep management: SWS action timelines, high worm burdens and mating management

The 15 October deadline for completing actions in the National Sheep Welfare Scheme is approaching fast and farmers should ensure tasks are completed and recorded in the scheme action booklet.

MANAGEMENT 30 September 2024

McHugh Bros take champion spot at Donegal Cheviot Breeders Sale

McHugh Bros take champion spot at Donegal Cheviot Breeders Sale

Rachel Gallagher reports from the annual Donegal Cheviot sheep breeders show and sale.

BREEDING & HEALTH 30 September 2024

South of Ireland Lanark sale tops at €5,000

South of Ireland Lanark sale tops at €5,000

Rachel Gallagher reports from Roscommon mart for the 3rd annual South of Ireland Lanark sheep breeders show and sale.

BREEDING & HEALTH 30 September 2024

Connemara to host Ireland’s largest two-day sheep sale

Connemara to host Ireland’s largest two-day sheep sale

The event will take place on Saturday 5 October and Sunday 6 October at Maam Cross Mart, Connemara.

NEWS 30 September 2024

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Netherlands a key market for Irish exports

Phelim O’Neill talks to Laura Crowley, who heads the Bord Bia office in the Netherlands and has lived in the country for 20 years, to find out why and how the Dutch market matters for Irish farmers.

Netherlands a key market for Irish exports

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