Business
Iceland Tightens Regulations on Blood Mare Farms
Blood mare farming, the practice of extracting blood from pregnant mares for sale, will soon be subject to a licence in Iceland. This is one
Jelena Ćirić
June 2, 2022
agriculture
Society
Lambing Season Means Long Shifts for Farmers
Iceland’s sheep farmers are working day and night to help their ewes give birth. The lambing season spans across five weeks from late April into
Jelena Ćirić
May 4, 2022
Society
Beef Production in Iceland Reaches All-Time High
Icelandic farmers produced nearly five tonnes of beef last year, an all-time record for the country. The most-produced meat was lamb, at 9,388 tonnes, with
Jelena Ćirić
May 2, 2022
Nature
Bird Flu Widespread in Wild Birds in Iceland
Bird flu was confirmed in eight out of 15 samples that were taken from wild birds in Iceland last week, Iceland’s Food and Veterinary Authority
Jelena Ćirić
April 25, 2022
Magazine
Good Breeding
A sheep farmer’s worst nightmare is if one of his sheep starts to scratch more than usual. If their sheep start to show nerves, tremble, or grind their teeth, they should be really worried. An unstable walk or sheep that spend most of the time lying down might be showing symptoms of scrapie, the ovine […]
Gréta Sigríður Einarsdóttir
April 20, 2022
Politics
Capelin Quota to Be Increased by 50,000 Tonnes
Icelandic fishing companies are likely to be granted an additional quota of ca. 50,000 tonnes’ worth of capelin, Vísir reports. The announcement comes as the
Ragnar Tómas
March 4, 2022
Nature
Genetic Jackpot: the Icelandic Sheep that Could Eradicate Scrapie
Six sheep on the farm Þernunes in Reyðarfjörður, East Iceland, hold the key to eradicating the fatal disease scrapie from the country. RÚV reports that
Jelena Ćirić
January 18, 2022
Nature
Sheep With Rare Genotype Could Eradicate Scrapie
Sheep that carry special genes could hold they key to eradicating the fatal disease scrapie from Iceland, RÚV reports. The ewes Tignarleg, located on a
Jelena Ćirić
January 11, 2022
Nature
Iceland Farmers Try Angus Beef Production
A six-month old Aberdeen angus calf born through surrogacy in Iceland will be used as a breeding animal in Kjósarhreppur near Reykjavík. The embryo was
Jelena Ćirić
August 3, 2021
Business
Fewest Sheep in Iceland Since 1861
The number of sheep in Iceland continues to decrease, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture. In the winter of 2020, there were 400,724
Gréta Sigríður Einarsdóttir
April 30, 2021
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