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The well-known and aptly named 'Goldstar Charolais Herd' owned by Martin Ryan from Thurles, Co....
Sheep
The sheep trade this week (Monday, November 13) has kicked off positively, with factories raising...
The wet weather in the last week to 10 days has brought about tough and deteriorating ground...
With ground conditions getting soft and heavy, and rainfall becoming more frequent, the issue of...
With the wet weather over the last number of weeks, the task of ensuring lambs fall into category A...
The bad weather over the past few weeks is making it difficult for farmers to present sheep to...
The potential benefits for farmers of setting up a farm scale biogas plant on their enterprise will...
With the recent wet weather, grazing conditions on some sheep farms will become less favourable. As...
The Sheep Committee of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) held a protest...
The Clean Livestock Policy (CLP) for sheep has become a major point of contention of late. Although...
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) sheep chairman, John Brooks has deep...
Fears have been raised that ‘dirty’ lambs or sheep falling into Category C (unacceptable) of...
The ‘Clean Livestock Policy’ for sheep is a topic of much debate among farmers – particularly...
University College Cork (UCC) is seeking the views of farmers after their study showed strong...
It’s been a difficult few weeks for sheep farmers; the inclement weather, combined with lower...
The spirit of the Department of Agriculture’s new Clean Livestock Policy (CLP) for sheep is being...
Some factories’ use of the clean sheep policy is contrary to the Department of Agriculture,...
Farmers need to ensure that their lambs, when presented for slaughter, are clean after grazing...
Beef
Cattle’s diet, the way they are housed and how the animals are transported all affect cattle...
The Department of Agriculture has introduced a Clean Livestock Policy for sheep going to slaughter,...
