Sheep

The mapping system on agfood.ie now has an active layer which farmers can use to check the status of their lands.

Martin Heydon’s discussion on 'reduced management intensity' of 80,000 hectares under Ireland’s Climate Action Plan has done little to reassure farmers, the ICSA has said.

Farmers have described the cuts as a backdoor move to reduce the value of hoggets.

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Heavier hoggets are in the firing line, with prices reducing anywhere by upwards of €10/head.

Plants which started the week paying to 23.5kg carcase weight have now moved to 23kg carcase weight.

Rachel Gallagher reports from Roscommon Livestock Mart for the weekly sheep sale.

The changes come in to play immediately and include new fertiliser limits, changes to animal excretion rates, mandatory inclusion of clover in reseeds and the phasing out of unprotected urea.

There are a number of important fertiliser interactions between spreading fertiliser and lime/slurry that farmers should be mindful of.