Taking Stock: Ewe Numbers, Markets & the Road Ahead for Sheep Farming

Darren Carty, Sheep and Schemes Editor with the Irish Farmers Journal, joins this week’s 300th episode of OviCast for a wide-ranging conversation as we look at where the sheep industry stands today. We cover ewe numbers, lamb throughput, price trends, export markets and policy changes shaping farm decisions. We also touch on farmer demographics and highlight areas of resilience and opportunity and discuss what current trends could mean for the road ahead. For more episodes from the OviCast podcast, visit the show page at:

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Taking Stock: Ewe Numbers, Markets & the Road Ahead for Sheep Farming is an episode from OviCast by Teagasc.

This episode is 45:55 long.

This episode was published on Feb 3, 2026.

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