Sheep
Sheep kill: Rise in hogget supply during improved trade
With the hogget trade improving each week, their supply has shown a slight increase recently in comparison to previous weeks....
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Sheep
Sheep kill: Hogget and lamb supplies show a slight drop
At a time when hogget prices are climbing to new heights, their supplies have become tighter in recent weeks. This...
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Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
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Sheep kill: Supply of lambs and hoggets behind by over 18,000
The supply of lambs and hoggets this year is running over 18,000 head behind the same period in 2024. With...
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Sheep kill: Over 6,000 fewer sheep slaughtered so far in 2024
The latest figures from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) have shown that there has been over...
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Sheep kill: Supply of lambs and hoggets decreases
The most recent sheep kill figures have shown that the supply of lambs and hoggets has decreased, as the overall...
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Sheep kill: 74,000 fewer spring lambs killed in 2023
While spring lambs led the way in 2023 as the category of sheep with the highest number killed, it was...
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Sheep kill: Highest throughput of spring lambs in 2023 to date
The latest figures from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) have shown the number of sheep classed...
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Sheep kill: Spring lambs up by nearly 7,000 in a week
The supply of spring lambs increased by 6,928 last week, with demand from processors evident in the lead up to...
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Sheep kill: Supply of spring lambs crosses 48,000
The sheep kill figures for the last week of November and the beginning of December have shown that the supply...
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Sheep kill: Number of spring lambs behind by 6%
The most recent figures for the number of sheep slaughtered in 2023 to date have shown that the supply of...
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Sheep kill: Supplies increase to over 61,000 head
The weekly sheep kill is back up to over 61,000 head having fallen back the previous week on account of the four-day...
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Sheep kill: Weekly throughput falls to lowest since August
The number of sheep slaughtered in week 44 (ending Sunday, November 5) has been the lowest number since week 32...
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Sheep kill: Weekly supply surpasses 58,000 head
Last week’s sheep kill (week ending Sunday, October 29) has shown that spring lambs are still in strong demand from processors, as they...
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Sheep kill: Throughput falls by over 3,000 head
Last week’s sheep kill (week ending Sunday, October 22) witnessed a decrease on the week before, with all categories of sheep seeing a decline...
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Cow monitoring app 'means we can stay farming for longer'
Sylvia and John Powell installed Nedap cow monitoring on their 250-strong herd in February 2023. Farming just outside Birr, Co....
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Sheep kill: Throughput of spring lambs crosses 1 million mark
The latest sheep kill figures from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) have shown that the throughput...
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Sheep kill: Surge in lamb supplies sees throughput rise
In last week’s sheep kill (week ending Sunday, October 8) over 62,000 sheep were processed, according to the latest figures...
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Sheep kill: Supply of ewes and rams nears 240,000 head
The latest sheep kill figures from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) have shown that the supply...
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Sheep kill: 2023 throughput approaches 2.1 million
The total number of sheep slaughtered to date this year has surpassed two million head, according to latest figures from...