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Longtown Ladies sale tops at 4,200gns
Rachel Gallagher
Rachel Gallagher reports on the Longtown Ladies Texel sale held in Longtown Auction Mart.
14 January 2025 News
No further outbreaks of foot-and-mouth found in Germany
The first outbreak of FMD in 40 years was discovered in the Märkisch-Oderland district of Brandenburg on Friday 10 January
13 January 2025 Markets
Sheep price update: demand for ewes jumps as ICM lifts quote by 50c/kg to €5/kg
The plants have also increased base quotes for lambs to €9/kg plus 20c/kg QA payment and moved its carcase weight limit to 24kg.
No cattle or sheep imported to Ireland from Germany
This comes after Germany confirmed an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease involving water buffalo in Brandenburg on Friday 10 January.
13 January 2025 News
Farmer Writes: Not everything puts on weight over Christmas
Accidents can happen in the blink of an eye and all of a sudden there’s no one there to do the work or feed the stock. People can be left in an awful situation overnight, James Strain writes.
13 January 2025 Farmer Writes
Lanark Ladies in-lamb Texel sale tops at 6,200gns
Rachel Gallagher reports from the Lanark Agricultural Centre for the annual Lanark Ladies in-lamb Texel sale.
13 January 2025 Breeding & health
Farmer left to bear costs after two sheep killed in dog attack
The attack took place in Ballylaneen in the early hours of Saturday morning 4 January. Ten more sheep were injured in the attack.
12 January 2025 News
Foot-and-mouth disease: buffalo, pigs and sheep slaughtered in Germany
Caitríona Morrissey analyses what has been happening since foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed in Germany.
11 January 2025 News
Kerry dog attack map could still be published
Councillor Fionnán Fitzgerald said it may now be published in a heat map style, while Kerry IFA is running an awareness campaign with gardaí. Anne O'Donoghue and James Hanly report.
11 January 2025 News
German foot-and-mouth disease outbreak: what we know so far
Find out the details that have been confirmed on the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Germany.
11 January 2025 News
Agri jobs: farm manager for beef and store lamb finishing
There are a wide variety of positions open in the beef, sheep and dairy sectors in counties Meath, Kilkenny and Wexford.
11 January 2025 News
2024 was largest year on record for Australian red meat exports
Meat and Livestock Australia reports that a massive 2.24m tonnes of red meat was exported to 104 countries, representing the largest volume of red meat ever exported.
11 January 2025 Markets