Tag: sheep farmers

Beatties Valais Blacknose rocket to 6,600gns

‘A Friesian is cheap to buy but maybe eats twice the meal of a beef-bred calf’

‘Most young people do not understand the work involved with sheep’ – 185-ewe full-time farmer

Lambs back €3-€8/hd at Kilkenny Mart

Lambs back €5-€6/head at Ennis

Farmer’s Diary: Who is glad to see the rain back?

‘The farmer can’t carry a financial risk from this activity’

Shearling ewe tops Beltex sale at €1,740

200,000gns Suffolk ram lamb sets new breed price record

NI lambs quotes ‘under pressure’ with more moving south for slaughter