Teagasc has outlined the "challenges and responses" for the sheep sector between now and 2030 in its new sectoral roadmaps.

Three Irish sheep sisters recently gave birth to a total of 11 lambs, including quintuplets, in what is being described as a farming miracle. The sheep, from Holland Sheep Farm in County Cork, gave ...

The sheep sector is "under severe pressure" as Irish prices "fall well behind", the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) said.

ICSA sheep chair Willie Shaw has said Irish sheep farmers are lucky to clear €25 per lamb at current prices, before a single hour of their own labour is counted. "Factories are quoting around €7.50 to ...

Last year was a good grass-growing year, and there was some evidence of improvements in soil fertility, but incomes in the tillage sector disappointed, according to a publication released by Teagasc ...

Irish sheep farmers are facing mounting financial pressure as domestic lamb prices fall significantly behind those in other EU member states.That's according to Willie Shaw, Sheep Chair of the Irish ...

The Department of Agriculture in the North is ‘exploring’ whether financial support can be made available to farmers affected by bluetongue controls The Department of Agriculture in Northern Ireland ...

​Bluetongue is the tip of the iceberg in terms of other vector-borne animal diseases that are coming in Ireland’s direction.