Sheep
Co. Meath pedigree Charollais sheep breeder, Eugene O’Sullivan, has noted the recent increase in lamb market prices.
N.Ireland
As is always the case, the level of competition within the dairy rings at Castlewellan Show 2026 in Co. Down was extremely strong.
Dairy
Almost 900 sheep graced the competition rings at this year’s Castlewellan Show with tremendous weather and crowds adding to the event.
A total of 16 breeds were represented in the final sheep inter-breed champion class at Castlewellan Show 2024.
A demonstration of traditional corn threshing drew large crows throughout the day at last weekend’s Castlewellan Show.
Planning restrictions continue to stymie the growth of the pig sector in Northern Ireland, according to a leading pedigree breeder.
The sheep inter-breed championship at last weekend’s Castlewellan Show was won by Orla and Patrick Grant, from Kilcoo in Co. Down.
If beef becomes too expensive in the shops, then consumers will stop buying it, according to a well-known livestock farmer
Tremendous crowds were the order of the day at Castlewellan Show 2022, which was held in the Co. Down town on Saturday.
