Rural Life
'We're not sleeping and we're not eating' - farmer on dog attacks
A farmer from Wexford, who has been increasingly plagued by sheep worrying over the last number of years, has called...
Sheep
N.Ireland
Applications open for innovative sheep farm visit to Scotland
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is offering sheep farmers the opportunity to take part in a...
Sponsored
Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Sheep
Study: Sheep involved in human livelihoods for 11,000 years
Sheep have been intertwined with human livelihoods for over 11,000 years. As well as meat, their domestication led to humans...
Sheep
Survey created to highlight extent of dog attacks on sheep
A sheep farmer based in Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan has created an anonymous, online survey to gather statistics on dog attacks...
Sheep
ISPCA warns about dog control during lambing season
The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) is issuing a reminder to all dog owners to...
Agri-Business
CSO: 10% drop in number of sheep slaughtered in 2024
The number of sheep slaughtered in Ireland in 2024 stood over 2.8 million head, according to the Central Statistics Office...
Sheep Focus
Report: Breeding ewe numbers expected to show 'decline' last year
A decline in breeding ewe numbers is likely to have occurred in 2024, according to a new report published today...
Sheep
National Lowland Sheep Conference to address production issues
The Teagasc National Lowland Sheep Conference will take place on Tuesday, January 28, in the Ard RÃ House Hotel, Tuam,...
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RDS Announces Opening of Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development Awards
In its sixth year, the RDS Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development Awards celebrates the work of individuals, farming families and...
Rural Life
Meet the sheep farmer who is creating artisanal condiments
From city career woman to sheep farmer and now creator of artisanal and specialty condiments and preserves, Leonie Byrne cannot...
Sheep News
Sheep farmers should reject 'unfounded negativity' on market - IFA
The chair of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Sheep Committee, Adrian Gallagher, has said that farmers should not be panicked...
Sheep
Gardaà investigate theft of sheep from Donegal farm
Gardaà received a report of an incident of theft that occurred in the Rosskirk area of Portsalon, Co. Donegal last...
Sheep
Cllr says farmers in Donegal are 'tortured' by consistent dog attacks
Independent councillor Michael McClafferty said that farmers around Co. Donegal are “pure tortured” by consistent dog attacks in the area....
Beef
Foot-and-mouth vaccine bank activated in Germany
The state of Brandenburg in Germany has announced that it has activated its foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine bank. Earlier this...
Sheep
Graphic: Five sheep killed in Co. Monaghan dog attack
Five pedigree texel sheep were killed, following a dog attack in Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan on Sunday, January 19. Four of...
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Opti-Skim trumps calf milk replacer with newest edition
Auctus has now launched the newest edition to its calf milk replacer product range. There are now seven calf milk...
Sheep
Gates Foundation awards €2m towards barber's pole worm vaccine
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has donated €2 million (£1.7 million) towards the development of a vaccine against barbers...
Sheep News
Irish Grown Wool Council panel discussion at Showcase Ireland
The Irish Grown Wool Council will today (Monday, January 20) host a panel discussion at one of Ireland’s largest international...
Agri-Business
Dawn Meats invests €1.5m in Waterford solar panel project
Dawn Meats has invested €1.5 million in a newly completed solar panel project at its Grannagh site in Co. Waterford....
Rural Life
Sligo students to take sheep wool and concrete project 'large scale'
Aoife Fadian and Jessica O’Connor from Ursuline College, Co. Sligo have made plans to take their sustainable sheep wool project...