Scheme to create wooded areas
ANDREW Doyle T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, announced that An Post will be the first company to participate in his Department’s Woodland Environmental Fund ( WEF).
The WEF is a scheme for businesses in Ireland to partfund the creation of native woodlands in Ireland through partnership with landowners and the State. The initiative supported by An Post is a site in County Galway which involved the planting of some 25,000 native oak, alder and birch trees this year.
Minister of State Doyle is encouraging businesses in Wicklow and elsewhere to get involved with the scheme.
‘Businesses in Ireland are seeking solutions to meet expanding climate, biodiversity and sustainability commitments, whilst also supporting national objectives, The main national objective is of course the planting of some 250 million trees as part of the Government’s Climate Action Plan. The creation of new native woodlands is of growing interest given the rich environmental dividend they deliver.’
Under WEF, businesses can be associated with individual native woodlands and use the environmental benefits to demonstrate sustainability.
SHEEP SALES - October 22: 2,786 sheep on offer. Heavy lambs better by €1 to €2 per head on last week. Steady trade remains for store sheep and breeding sheep.
Heavy Lambs €98 to €102 or €48 to €53 over €/kg; Factory Lambs €89 to €97 or €44 to €48 over €/kg; Store Lambs €55 to €86 or €27 to €43 over €/kg; Suffolk cross Ewe Lambs €90 to €122 or €45 to €84 over €/kg; Fat Ewes €98 to €124 per head; Feeding Ewes €62 to €96 per head; Breeding Ewes €120 to €176 per head; Suffolk Rams €150 to €700 per head; Continental Rams €120 to €500 per head; Cheviot Rams €100 to €740 per head.
CATTLE SALES - October 24: 368 cattle and 38 calves on offer. Smaller Continental bullocks selling very well, stronger cattle and plainer types hard to sell.
Beef and Forward Store Bullocks €480 to €760 over €/ kg; Store Bullocks over 500kg €440 to €660 over €/kg; Store Bullocks over 400kg €400 to €600 over €/kg; Store Bullocks over 300kg €280 to €485 over €/kg; Beef Heifers €460 to €715 over €/kg; Store Heifers over 400kg €360 to €585 over €/kg; Store Heifers over 300Kg €280 to €460 over €/kg; Beef Cows €200to €430 over €/ kg; Feeding Cows €70 under to €180 over €/kg.
Calves: Fr Bulls €40 to €80 per head; HE/AA Bulls €90 to €200 per head; H/AA Heifers €70 to €140 per head; Continental Bulls €120 to €260 per head.
SHEEP REPORT – October 22: With over 2000 sheep today on offer the trade could be reported as being similar to what we had for the last number of weeks.
Fleshed lambs over 47kg sold from €98 up to a tops of €104 with the majority between €99 and €102. Some forward store type lambs 45kg to 48kg sold from the early €90 up to €95.
Store lambs a lively trade with the lighter stores 26kg to 32kg sold from the mid €60 up to €75 with the clean ewes and weathers setting the pace while we saw the 32kg to 40kg stores a lot of farmer custom around the ring for these weights and they sold from €78 up to €85 with some 40kg to 44kg selling into the mid €80 and even breaking €92 for ewe lamb types. Some of the stronger ewe lambs today 48kg made €121.
Cast ewes broken type ewes sold from €5 with the kg with the younger fitter ewes up to €10 to €15 with the kg while we saw the heaviest of the store ewes out today out to a tops of €122.
In the brood ring hgts from €150 to €182 with 2 and 3 yr olds from €130 to €155. A number of commercial aged rams selling from €120 up to a tops of €350 for younger SFK and CH types.
CATTLE SALE – Wednesday, October 23: Today saw a steady trade for good quality stores from €350-€450kg. Plainer lots were slightly easier. Heifer trade was also good. Very steady trade for fat cows.
Bullocks: 1 x Lm – 745kg made €1160; 1 x Sim – 700kg made €1150; 1 x BB – 720kg made €1100; 1 x Ch – 590kg made €1040; 1 x Lm – 470kg made €1025; 1 x Ch – 420kg made €940; 1 x Fr – 605kg made €940; 1 x Her – 590kg made €930; 2 x Lim – 535kg made €925; 1 x Ch – 48kg made €700; 2 x Fr – 387kg made €540.
Heifers: 1 x BB – 715kg made €1190; 1 x BB – 635kg made €1175; 2 x BB – 645kg made €1090; 1 x Lm – 470kg made €650; 2 x Ch – 260kg made €550. Fat Cows were also in demand and made from €780 up to €1000
SHEEP SALE - Saturday, October 26: A big sale of quality factory and store lambs on offer today. Price up by €2-€4/head on last week. Breeding Ewes were a strong trade particularly for 2 and 3 y.o. Cast Ewes were also a very steady trade.
Lambs: 9 x 47kg made €100; 12 x 47 kg made €93; 3 x 45kg made €115; 9 x 48kg made €91; 10 x 40Kg made €90; 6 x 45Kg made€89; 10 x 46Kg made €85; 7x 42Kg made €84; 11 x 33kg made €84; 10 x 32Kg made €82; 6 x 40kg made €82.
Ewes: 12 x €160; 10 x €136; 23 x €124; 2 x €122; 10 x €118; 12 x €115. Cast Ewes made from €65 up to €112
SUCKLER SALE - October 23: Very strong demand for entry of SM in-calf heifers calving December 1st with top price of €1,900. Heifers sold from €1,070 to €1,900. Cows with Calves at foot €1,070 to €2,050
WEANLING SALE - October 23: 630 on offer saw more farmer customers with bulls similar to last week and heifers up by €20/€40 per head. Bulls over 400 kg € 770 to €1140 €1.82 to €2.45 per kg Bulls Under 400 kg € 380 to €970 €1.65 to €2.89 per kg; Heifers over 400 kg € 750 to €1110 €1.85 to €2.42 per kg.
SHEEP SALE - October 24: Saw another large sale with 3621 Sheep on offer. Trade was similar to last week for all types with little change in prices. Butcher & Factory lambs €90 to €102; Store lambs over 35 kg €77 to €88; Store lambs under 35 kg €63 to €81; Quality ewe lambs €85 to €117; Cull Ewes €55 to €117; Breeding Ewes €90 to €175; Breeding Rams €150 to €500