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Sheep price update: pressure remains as lamb prices cut 20c/kg

Factory quotes have reduced by another 20c/kg over the weekend bringing opening base quotes at the start of the week back to in the region of €8.20/kg.

MARKETS 7 July 2025

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In Pictures: Dunmanway Agricultural Show 2025

In Pictures: Dunmanway Agricultural Show 2025

PEDIGREE 7 July 2025

Farmer Writes: settling in with dogs and sheep in Co Tyrone

Farmer Writes: settling in with dogs and sheep in Co Tyrone

FARMER WRITES 4 July 2025

Farming News: weanling trade, dog worrying and Clare tractor theft

Farming News: weanling trade, dog worrying and Clare tractor theft

Farming News: weanling trade, dog worrying and Clare tractor theft

NEWS 4 July 2025

Senator calls for dog owner theory test

Senator calls for dog owner theory test

Senator calls for dog owner theory test

NEWS 4 July 2025

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Close to record cattle and sheep processing in Australia

Close to record cattle and sheep processing in Australia

Very strong beef and sheepmeat production data for financial year ending 30 June in Australia.

NEWS 2 July 2025

In pictures: Charleville Agricultural Show 2025

In pictures: Charleville Agricultural Show 2025

Enjoy these pictures from the 2025 Charleville Agricultural Show, which took place at Ballyhea, Co Cork.

PEDIGREE 2 July 2025

Dogs should be banned from all hills – IFA

Dogs should be banned from all hills – IFA

The IFA sheep committee’s senior policy executive Tomas Bourke was speaking alongside committee chair Adrian Gallagher at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture.

NEWS 2 July 2025

Finishing organic hill lambs proving challenging

Finishing organic hill lambs proving challenging

The preliminary results from a study evaluating finishing systems for organic lambs were presented in the organic village at Sheep 2025

GRASS & FEEDING 2 July 2025

Department prepares for bluetongue incursion

Department prepares for bluetongue incursion

Vaccination would be an important tool in managing bluetongue disease if it were to spread to Ireland, the Department said.

NEWS 2 July 2025

Sheep Management: culling ewes post-weaning and the store lamb trade

Sheep Management: culling ewes post-weaning and the store lamb trade

Ewes with large pendulous udders, large teats etc end up consuming significant time around lambing time

MARKETS 2 July 2025

Sheep mart report: trade steady to easier in places

Sheep mart report: trade steady to easier in places

Factory agents seem to be coyer in their purchasing behaviour as the week has progressed and are trying to use pressure on factory prices to reduce prices paid.

MARKETS 2 July 2025

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