Rachel Gallagher catches up with some of the sheep breed societies on show at this year’s National Ploughing Championships.
The Aughrim Sheep Breeders 57th annual show and sale saw Cheviot hoggets average over €266/head, while ewe lambs averaged over €168/head.
Rachel Gallagher reports from the Cooley Sheep Breeders Association annual sale.
Over 1,500 ewe lambs went under the hammer at the sale and prices were generally running £25-35 ahead of last year
Rachel Gallagher reports from Randalstown for the annual on farm Jalex Genes tup sale.
Adam Woods reports from the second annual sale of hoggets and ewe lambs held in Borris Mart, Co Carlow, at the weekend.
Weekly round-up of news from the farming industry in Northern Ireland.
The annual sale of breeding Suffolk Cheviot cross hoggets and ewe lambs in Ballymena Mart, saw record prices for the event.
Two of the biggest names in their respective sheep circles are set to host their own on-farm sales on the first weekend in August.