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The total sheep population of Northern Ireland is around 2M head. This declined by 3% in 2023. “And these trends have been similarly reflected in all of the world’s main sheep producing regions.

Additional funding for sheep can be found outside of the £300M annual budget that has been ring fenced by the Stormont ...

Monthly data on throughput can be misleading, but a picture on cattle and sheep supply for UK factories in 2025 is emerging.

Farm incomes on Northern Ireland (NI) farms went up significantly in 2024, with provisional estimates published by the ...

FALLING beef prices and a failure to support sheep farmers are causing huge anxiety and frustration across Northern Ireland ...

Large numbers of visitors from Donegal are expected to attend the upcoming Sheep NI event, taking place in Co Derry.

Bluetongue disease could arrive in Ireland before the summer is out, according to scientists at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute.

The project concluded in June 2023, when findings confirmed how widespread sheep scab is across Northern Ireland. They also showed a significant level of interest in dealing with the disease, ...

A rise in farm incomes in Northern Ireland in 2024 has been welcomed. Estimates indicate the total income from farming in the ...

Farming is Northern Ireland’s biggest industry, ... Sheep and cattle account for a further 25% of the total, poultry and eggs 18%, pigs 8%, and horticulture and crops 8%.