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Sheep champions crowned at Balmoral
Shanon Kinahan
Shanon Kinahan takes a look at this year's Balmoral Show champions in the sheep rings.
11 May 2023 Pedigree
Watch: live from the ringside at Balmoral day two
Adam Woods takes a look at what to expect on farmersjournal.ie from Balmoral Show on Thursday.
17 April 2023 News
Farmer calls for tougher dog laws after sheep pushed into sea
Twenty of Patrick McCarthy's ewes had lambed and 50 were due to lamb this week before they were attacked by dogs.
'Law is against sheep farmers when it comes to dog attacks'
There are 155,209 breeding ewes in Wicklow with 233,000 lambs born every year, making the county the fifth-largest in Ireland in terms of sheep numbers.
15 March 2023 News
Ram sold for top dollar fails to do the business
A farmer who paid top price for a pedigree ram at a breed society sale has been left at odds as the animal will allegedly not breed any of his ewes.
1 February 2023 News
Special entry of 40 purebred Cheviot ewes in Tullow Mart
The ewes are scanned to five-star Suffolk rams carrying an average of 1.7 lambs per ewe and are due to lamb from 1 March onwards.
20 January 2023 Markets