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Pet lambs, what are the options.
The pet lamb debate – what’s your options?

March 10, 2023

Pet lamb rearers have not escaped the rising costs of inputs with prices for meal and milk powder having increased...

Some of the sheep farmers who recently visited Roger and Hilary Bell’s TDF farm at Kells, Co Antrim
Farmers enjoy visit to Co Antrim sheep Technology Demonstration Farm

January 16, 2023

Roger and Hilary Bell’s 500 Texel cross Mule ewe sheep farm is a Technology Demonstration Farm (TDF) which is part...

sheep dog peeking through stone wall
The technology of the sheep dog

December 21, 2022

Looking around a farm at the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) there are pieces of equipment we...

<strong>Improving Efficiencies and Technologies on Upland and Lowland grazing systems on Scottish sheep farms</strong>
Improving Efficiencies and Technologies on Upland and Lowland grazing systems on Scottish sheep farms

November 23, 2022

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is offering sheep  farmers the opportunity to travel to the Loch...

Caption 1 Ruth Moore CAFRE, Beef and Sheep Adviser, ~ (host) and Chris Johnston who attended a BDG meeting to discuss calving heifers at 24 months
Calving Heifers at 24 months discussed at Fermanagh Suckler BDG

October 27, 2022

As we strive to have sustainable suckler herds within Northern Ireland calving replacement beef heifers at 24 months is one...

Typical Blackface ewe lambs being well grazed pre tupping to maximise reproductive performance
Should I tup my ewe lambs this year?

October 14, 2022

This is a question that many farmers face coming up to the normal tupping time of October and November.  In...

Sheep farmers visit Isle of Islay to learn about use of blood testing and fluke egg detection to target fluke treatments and reduce resistance on Scottish sheep farms
Sheep farmers visit Isle of Islay to learn about use of blood testing and fluke egg detection to target fluke treatments and reduce resistance on Scottish sheep farms

October 6, 2022

A group of sheep farmers from across Northern Ireland accompanied by CAFRE Beef and Sheep Advisers Hannah Doherty and John...

Early lambing integrates very well with other enterprises on the farm from a labour and cash flow point of view.
Advancing the breeding season and increasing production in early lambing flocks

August 17, 2022

Spring lamb prices this year were high, even when increased numbers appeared in April, with farmers receiving 630 p/kg carcase....

horned ewes - FIV
Applications are invited for a study tour to Isle of Islay, Scotland

July 22, 2022

Use of blood testing and fluke egg detection to target treatments and reduce resistance on Scottish sheep farms The Department...

Forage Rape feed face with electric fence line
The option of brassicas and forage crops

June 8, 2022

Historically for many, growing brassicas and forage crops may not have been high on the agenda as a livestock feed. ...

The team of CAFRE advisers with host farmer James Henderson, Agrisearch and Rural Support staff who delivered the key messages at the Managing Rising Costs event in Kilkeel.
Rising costs – are you sure you can do nothing about it?

May 25, 2022

Farming for many is about finding the best way to overcome the constant challenges nature and the outside world throw...

Managing Rising Costs on Beef and Sheep Farms – CAFRE on Farm Awareness Events
Managing Rising Costs on Beef and Sheep Farms – CAFRE on Farm Awareness Events

April 29, 2022

With the impact of rising input costs being felt across the industry the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise...