I actually believe the outlook for our economy is good and it's good in large part because the outlook for our primary industries is very good. Our forests, our dairy, our wool, our meat and our fruit, and countless processed products derived from our primary industries, are the backbone of our economy. Over the last fifteen years agriculture, forestry, and related industries have increased their productivity by more than double the rate of the rest of the economy. When we look around at...

In other words category 2 sheep as a whole do not tend to be any better or worse than category 1 or 3 sheep. Having decided on the breed and the venue to purchase your new stock ram, the next step will be to decide on which particular individual ram(s) you will by. Teagasc Research has however shown that there is no significant difference in important commercial traits between sheep of different scrapie genotype. This programme is based on weighting lambs at birth and again at around 16...

Amanda began feeding Lucy with a syringe of ewe's milk, then a bottle of milk, and now finds it difficult stopping Lucy munching her out of house and home. She would not take to feeding from another sheep so was placed in a box in a barn with little hope of survival. Print Email this Comment Posted by: B, Blackburn on 10:53pmWed25Jul07 Aww, lovely story, a refreshing change from reading all the awful stuff that goes on Aww, lovely story, a refreshing change from reading all the awful stuff...

Tuesday, July 31, 2007 Low sheep prices cause anger There has been an angry reaction from sheep farmers to the very low quotes being offered at the moment. Irish lamb numbers have never been so low, so it is likely that there will be an undersupply before the end of the year. ICSA sheep chairman Mervyn Sunderland said: 3.50 per kilo is unjustified with the home market so good. There has been a drop of around 20c/kg, with export plants generally quoting about 3. Farmers should try not to...

In four or five years he hopes to be on the other side of the show ring at a fair somewhere in Kansas, coordinating events as an Extension agricultural agent. His next goal is to repeat last year's market lamb championship at the Kansas State Fair and compete in several national livestock shows. The Preston 4-H'er also had an additional breed champion lamb in the market division and the top breeding ewe. There were some very good lambs at the top of the classes, he said, although quality...