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Surge in spring lamb supply drives sheep kill up 15% in a week
The spring lamb throughput in factories increased by over 8,000 head last week. According to statistics from the Department of...
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The spring lamb throughput in factories increased by over 8,000 head last week. According to statistics from the Department of...
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Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Agriculture & Food Éamon Ó Cuív has criticised the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine...
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Increased demand from processors in Northern Ireland (NI) for lambs/hoggets has increased the proportion of NI origin lambs slaughtered in...
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After the drought-induced lower lamb crop for this season the anticipated slowdown in New Zealand lamb production is now starting...
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At the latest working European forecast for sheepmeat, the general consensus points towards a further reduction in output in 2014,...
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Twenty seven year old Rowland Smith from Hawke’s Bay in New Zealand is the new World Champion Machine Sheep Shearer....
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Co Wexford IFA Chairman Pat Murray has told Agriland that Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney will move to further support...
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The World Sheep Shearing Championships re-commenced at 3.15pm this afternoon, after a two hour postponement. Earlier in the afternoon the...
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If you are up for shearing 33,000 sheep per year – across two hemispheres – then you might stand a...
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The World Sheep Shearing Championships have been halted for health and safety reasons following an incident in the competition dome...
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ICSA (Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association) President Patrick Kent has told Agriland that Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney must...
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Donegal shearer Ivan Scott won his eighth All-Ireland Shearing Championships in a row as the first day of the 16th...
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Latest trade figures for April show that Chinese imports of sheep meat are still showing little sign of slowing with...
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Co Kilkenny sheep farmer John O’Donohoe made a conscious decision to hold back his tips for a month last autumn,...
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In the first quarter of the year French sheep meat import volumes have tracked below year earlier levels. This is...
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The sheep trade eased further this week with a further recovery in supply and prices decreasing, according to Bord Bia’s...
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The buildup to the World shearing and woolhandling championships in Ireland later this month steps up a gear with the...
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The most successful shearer in the history of competition shearing is legendary New Zealand gun David Fagan, and he will...