Constructing a good handling unit can cut labour hours by as much as 18% by allowing handlers to complete a variety of tasks efficiently and safely. To achieve the best design, farmers are advised to ...

IMAGINE this scenario. You have a 40-acre outfarm two miles from home with 200 ewes and lamb grazing on it. A good few of the lambs are lame, they are due a dose, a few ewes are hobbling and some are ...

The Ox-Mountain Hill Sheep group held the launch of their sheep handling unit on Saturday last on Colm ODonnells farm in Monalea, Aclare, Co. Sligo. Colm is employed by Sligo LEADER Partnership under ...

FARGO - On an ordinary-looking farmstead west of the North Dakota State University campus, researchers are hoping to find answers to improve sheep production, not just in North Dakota but throughout ...

AGRICULTURE Minister Brendan Smith has opened the sheep fencing/mobile handling equipment scheme, and announced that the €8 million available will be paid out in tranches, the first €1.148m tranche ...