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Honda Launches First-Ever 0% Finance Deal on Lawn and Garden Range

With the return of warmer days and the fresh scent of cut grass in the air, homeowners across the country are turning their attention to lawn care.

MART REPORTS

Exporters continue to drive weanling bull trade

Adam Woods

Exporters continue to drive weanling bull trade

Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s mart trade, including what’s happening in the country’s marts.

Rachel Gallagher

Grass buyers push ewe and lamb prices in Brockagh

Rachel Gallagher reports from Brockagh Cloghan mart for their Easter bank holiday sale.

Adam Woods

Solid trade in Kilkenny mart

Adam Woods has all the details of last Thursday’s general cattle sale held in Kilkenny mart

PODCASTS

VIDEO HUB

BEEF

Watch: €12,800 for cow and calf outfit in Balla

Nevan McKiernan

Watch: €12,800 for cow and calf outfit in Balla

The Grass Week: variable grazing conditions as heavy rainfall hits some

Martin Merrick

The Grass Week: variable grazing conditions as heavy rainfall hits some

€40m Chinese-backed meat factory back before An Bord Pleanála

Contributor

€40m Chinese-backed meat factory back before An Bord Pleanála

Big drop in British beef and sheep output

Phelim O'Neill

Big drop in British beef and sheep output

FARM PROGRAMMES

SUSTAINABILITY

BEEF

DAIRY

SHEEP

DAIRY

Adam Woods

Watch: Coolroehouse Abbott Ann crowned Emerald Expo Champion

Adam Woods reports from the Emerald Expo dairy show which took place in Virginia, Co Cavan today.

James Hanly

Agri jobs: horticulture workers needed for Meath fruit farm

There is currently a list of vacant roles in the dairy and horticulture sectors in Meath, Wexford and Kilkenny.

Martin Merrick

The Grass Week: variable grazing conditions as heavy rainfall hits some

Peter Thomas Keaveney

Kildare dairy farmers fleet of machinery and equipment for auction this weekend

SPONSORED

Land purchase considerations: key factors for farmers

The nature of farming like any business, is that farmers are continually investing in their farms, land, infrastructure, buildings, stock and machinery to improve on-farm efficiencies or productivity

SHEEP

Martin Merrick

The Grass Week: variable grazing conditions as heavy rainfall hits some

Ewe numbers fall by 94,477 head or 3.7% in 2024

Darren Carty

Ewe numbers fall by 94,477 head or 3.7% in 2024

James Hanly

Over 25% less sheep slaughtering this March – CSO

Sheep 2025 major sheep event launched for 21 June 2025

Darren Carty

Sheep 2025 major sheep event launched for 21 June 2025

KNOWLEDGE HUB

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LIVESTOCK

Nitrates derogation calculator

LIVESTOCK

Mart Price Calculator

FINANCE

BPS calculator

ANIMAL HEALTH

Darren Carty

90% increase in BVD positive calves

The increase to 359 head stems from some herds recording significant breakdowns with the herd prevalence increasing by less than 20%.

Noel Bardon

TB reactors up 8.5% so far this year

The number of cattle going down in TB tests was up over 8% when comparing the first three months of 2025 with the same months last year.

PEDIGREE

Adam Woods

Watch: Coolroehouse Abbott Ann crowned Emerald Expo Champion

Adam Woods reports from the Emerald Expo dairy show which took place in Virginia, Co Cavan today.

Nevan McKiernan

Inchisine achieve top price in Kilmallock

Seven bulls at the Munster Angus Breeders sale were sold for prices over €4,000, writes Nevan McKiernan.

SPONSORED

Getting through the first SBLAS audit

Damien Murray, Origin Green Producer Liaison & Standard Co-Coordinator gives a step by step guide for new suckler members of SBLAS facing their first audit.

SPONSORED

Levelling up calf rearing with Teemore Mono Calf Building

Proper calf shed ventilation is crucial for maximising calf performance and profitability.

SPONSORED

Honda Launches First-Ever 0% Finance Deal on Lawn and Garden Range

With the return of warmer days and the fresh scent of cut grass in the air, homeowners across the country are turning their attention to lawn care.

SPONSORED

Calf Rearing Success with GAIN Easi-Beef

Laois farmer Jarlaith Duggan calves 180 cows, with a focus on keeping heifer calves for herd replacements.

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AGRIBUSINESS

Phelim O'Neill

Big drop in British beef and sheep output

Tight British and Irish supplies of beef and sheep meat opens the door wider for Australian and New Zealand imports.

Carbery reports profit and revenue growth in 2024

Lorcan Roche Kelly

Carbery reports profit and revenue growth in 2024

West Cork co-op surveyed suppliers to understand outlook for milk supply.

Investor letter shows Tirlán’s Glanbia losses top €700m

Lorcan Roche Kelly

Investor letter shows Tirlán’s Glanbia losses top €700m

The tumble in the share price of Glanbia needs to be addressed by its largest shareholder, says investor.

European tractor sales hit 10-year low in 2024

Peter Thomas Keaveney

European tractor sales hit 10-year low in 2024

Agricultural tractor registrations in 2024 across Europe were 8.1% lower than in 2023 and were at their lowest level since 2014, according to a CEMA report.

TILLAGE

Siobhán Walsh

Tillage podcast: Spraying, potatoes and politics

Grain trends: prices drop this week, currency hitting markets

Siobhán Walsh

Grain trends: prices drop this week, currency hitting markets

Tillage management: winter crops and weeds in spring cereals

Siobhán Walsh

Tillage management: winter crops and weeds in spring cereals

A new insecticide has been introduced to the market

Siobhán Walsh

Spot spraying can reduce inputs and improve efficiency

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Sustainability progress on Irish farms

Origin Green sustainability and data analytics manager Dr Eleanor Murphy reports on Irish farm emissions.

MACHINERY

Peter Thomas Keaveney

Kildare dairy farmers fleet of machinery and equipment for auction this weekend

Michael Doyle Auctioneers is set to host a clearance sale of tractors, machinery and dairy equipment for Mr Richard Kingston Barrowhouse, Athy Co Kildare.

Peter Thomas Keaveney

European tractor sales hit 10-year low in 2024

Agricultural tractor registrations in 2024 across Europe were 8.1% lower than in 2023 and were at their lowest level since 2014, according to a CEMA report.

Peter Thomas Keaveney

Demand for European machinery is on the rise again

Peter Thomas Keaveney

Bobcat launches new ‘V-Drive’ telehandlers

Peter Thomas Keaveney

Kverneland launches 0% finance on full range

SPONSORED

New quad bike regulations - are you ready?

Quad bikes are designed to cope with a wide variety of terrain types and so are a fantastic aid for farm work - by Ciaran Roche, FBD risk manager.

PROPERTY

Paul Mooney

65ac holding will be auctioned in two lots in Tipperary

One has a shed and house ruins, the other comes with the option of renting an additional 10ac.

Paul Mooney

Big farm will generate lots of interest in private treaty sale

Few farms of this size come on sale. This property also has a large farmyard.

Paul Mooney

Tipp holding could suit any farming enterprise

The land is in one large, level field and is currently under cereals.

BUILDINGS

Strength and safety key focus for new suckler calving shed

Martin Merrick

Strength and safety key focus for new suckler calving shed

A newly erected calving shed has farmer safety to the forefront with a well-kitted-out barrier system.

CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT

James Hanly

Significant investment needed to achieve climate targets – IFA

IFA environment chair John Murphy said that the fairest and most efficient way to support climate action is to incentivise and support farmers to adopt measures in the plan.

James Hanly

Co-ops and pig farms on EPA national priority site list for 2024

The system uses performance-based indicators to rank industrial and waste licensed sites in order of priority for enforcement with scores assigned under environmental performance and compliance.

RENEWABLES

Wind supplies 38% of Ireland's electricity so far in 2025

Stephen Robb

Wind supplies 38% of Ireland's electricity so far in 2025

March Wind Energy report shows that Irish wind farms provided 38% of the country’s electricity over the first quarter of 2025.

Colm McCarthy

Our growing electricity demand

Electricity is already more expensive in Ireland than in competitor countries and will become more so if government fails to align planning policy with cost containment.

FORESTRY