Rural Life
A farmer from Co. Kerry said he is feeling "a bit stiff and sore" after shearing more than 2,000...
A Co. Kerry farmer has today (Thursday, July 3) embarked on a marathon sheep shearing challenge for...
A farmer from Co. Kerry is currently preparing for a charity challenge to shear around 2,000 sheep...
Sheep
Intense competition, nerves on edge and amazing skills were on display during the Mountbellew...
N.Ireland
The December 2024 agricultural census confirmed a 4% drop in Northern Ireland’s total sheep...
Homemade bread baking the old fashioned way; butter churning; sheep shearing by hand and a working...
With June just days away, a high risk period for blowfly strike approaches for sheep farms across...
The scarcity of skilled shearers in today’s market landscape is currently posing challenges in...
Applications to enter a new national sheep welfare scheme are expected to open in early April...
A farmer from Co. Tyrone has set a new record after sheering 858 lambs in a mammoth nine-hour solo...
West Kerry hill-sheep farmer James O'Connor took on an arduous 24-hour shearing challenge this...
The Clonmany Agricultural Show in Co. Donegal has been selected as the venue for this year's sheep...
Last weekend, many farmers took advantage of the good weather to save first-cut silage, while...
Farmer-to-merchant wool trading is set to kick into gear in the coming weeks, as shearing will...
A New Zealander has smashed the world record for the number of ewes sheared in the space of eight...
A Scottish man has sheared more than 2,000 sheep in a 50-hour endurance test, raising thousands of...
Irish shearers competed strongly at the business end of the World Shearing and Wool Handling...
Irish shearer Ivan Scott has finished third in the World Speed Shear event in New Zealand at...
Agri Politics
A sheep shearer in Australia has managed to teach himself how to shear a sheep one-armed after an...
