Wool
Peter McCann on 04 Aug 2021
Dry hoggets excluded from NI wool support
Payments will not be available for replacements hoggets that were not put to the ram as ewe lambs in late-2019.
Kieran Mailey on 28 Jul 2021
News in-brief from Northern Ireland
Farming news in-brief from across the agriculture and food industry in NI.
Anne O'Donoghue on 21 Jul 2021
My Country Living: hill farming and sheep shearing in Carlow
Tomas McCarthy runs a flock of sheep on the Blackstairs Mountains. He started shearing at the age of 16 and hasn’t stopped since. In conversation with Anne O’Donoghue
Photo Desk on 11 Jul 2021
Watch: this week in photos – evening milking, wool collection and a tractor run
Sit back, relax and enjoy a slideshow of the week’s best pictures from around the country including Galway Wool Co-Op wool collection at Athenry Mart and Zwartbles ewe lambs being prepared for sale.
Darren Carty on 09 Jul 2021
68% clearance at first British Wool sale of 2021 season
The average greasy sale price for new-season wool was recorded at 72.9p/kg, while the average price for predominately mountain-type old-season wool was 50.4p/kg.
Noel Bardon on 09 Jul 2021
Experts needed for Department's wool feasibility study
Minister Hackett has announced that the Department has opened the tender for experts to complete the report.
Noel Bardon on 30 Jun 2021
Demand for shearing courses not dampened by poor wool prices
Shearing instructors are reporting a keen interest from shearing students to complete courses over the summer.
Amii McKeever on 30 Jun 2021
Counting sheep, eating sheep, wearing sheep and saving sheep – so much value
Sheep have been in the media for all the right reasons of late. You know, coming back from the dead and playing their part in saving the world.
Janine Kennedy on 30 Jun 2021
A new route to market for Irish wool?
Blatnaid Gallagher is on a mission to preserve and respect the Irish native breed of Galway sheep and re-establish a market for native Irish wool. Janine Kennedy writes
Katriona Kinsella on 30 Jun 2021
My Farming Week: Trevor McBride, Downs, Clontibret, Co Monaghan
Monaghan man Trevor McBride is busy growing his beehives, as well as his flock of pedigree Suffolk sheep and 40,000 laying hens.
Noel Bardon on 26 Jun 2021
Organic wool project knitting communities together
A Co Meath woman launched a knitting business to help break down the barriers to generations connecting with one another.
Adam Woods on 23 Jun 2021
Top breeders set for Zwartbles Elite Sale
Adam Woods has details of the Zwartbles sheep sale, which is due to take place in Tullamore on Wednesday 7 July.
Noel Bardon on 16 Jun 2021
Depressed wool market hits rock bottom
Farmers are facing the decision whether to store, dump or give away wool packs as merchant demand for wool remains almost non-existent.
Katriona Kinsella on 09 Jun 2021
My Farming Week: Adrian Hayden, Raheendenore, Graiguenamanagh, Co Kilkenny
Kilkenny sheep farmer Adrian Hayden is busy shearing sheep on his own farm, and for neighbours in Graiguenamanagh.
Amy Forde on 07 Jun 2021
Report on wool feasibility to be completed in November
Some €100,000 was allocated to a wool feasibility study in Budget 2021, which would review the ‘potential demand in international markets for wool-based products such as insulation and fertilisers’.
Noel Bardon on 04 Jun 2021
Wool needs to be reclassified at EU level - ICSA
"As it stands wool is classified as category three waste, along with animal carcasses," the ICSA has said.
The Dealer on 26 May 2021
The Belarus consul is based in Aughrim
The Belarus honorary consul is a Wicklow wool merchant with long-standing links to the former Soviet state
Peter McCann on 26 May 2021
Wool payment for all NI sheep farms
The support payment for NI sheep farmers is likely to take the form of a flat payment per ewe.
on 26 May 2021
My Country Living: working in finance to alpaca farming
Having highly stressful jobs throughout her life – and with a farm at home – Ruth Frost took the opportunity to start her own alpaca herd. In conversation with Hannah Woods.
Darren Carty on 19 May 2021
No immediate upturn forecast for bleak wool markets
Some merchants have reported brief spells in recent months where the trade looked to be turning a corner but this has not materialised into any real improvement.