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Farm Tech Talk: what now following fallout from our Brazilian beef exposé?

This week, our livestock specialists discuss three big-ticket challenges in Irish farming - Brazilian beef, bluetongue and the nitrates derogation.

PODCAST 5 December 2025

Farm Tech Talk: what now following fallout from our Brazilian beef exposé?

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October milk volumes up 5% - CSO

October milk volumes up 5% - CSO

NEWS 5 December 2025

Bluetongue vaccination – an overview of vaccines on the licensed in NI

Bluetongue vaccination – an overview of vaccines on the licensed in NI

NORTHERN IRELAND 5 December 2025

IFA’s live crib opens in heart of Dublin

IFA’s live crib opens in heart of Dublin

IFA’s live crib opens in heart of Dublin

NEWS 5 December 2025

Spanish Ovlac disc harrow tastes Irish soil

Spanish Ovlac disc harrow tastes Irish soil

Spanish Ovlac disc harrow tastes Irish soil

NEWS 5 December 2025

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Tánaiste stops short of definitive ‘no’ when pushed on Mercosur stance

Tánaiste stops short of definitive ‘no’ when pushed on Mercosur stance

NEWS 5 December 2025

Brazilian hormone beef recall leaves Brussels a ‘laughing stock’ – IFA

Brazilian hormone beef recall leaves Brussels a ‘laughing stock’ – IFA

NEWS 5 December 2025

€47m in SCEP payments commence to 14,983 farmers

€47m in SCEP payments commence to 14,983 farmers

NEWS 5 December 2025

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Cryptosporidiosis vaccine delivers for Roscommon dairy farmer

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Falling cattle and sheep supply will squeeze factories

Falling cattle and sheep supply will squeeze factories

NEWS 5 December 2025

Weekend Weather: turning milder with spells of rain and dry intervals

Weekend Weather: turning milder with spells of rain and dry intervals

NEWS 5 December 2025

Five minutes of frantic bidding secures Model County farm

Five minutes of frantic bidding secures Model County farm

PROPERTY 4 December 2025

No plans in NI to cull BTV-3 cattle

No plans in NI to cull BTV-3 cattle

NEWS 4 December 2025

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Cryptosporidiosis vaccine delivers for Roscommon dairy farmer

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Special Report

Brazil’s beef bombshell

Adam Woods reports on an Irish Farmers Journal/IFA investigation into the illegal sale of animal medicines in Brazil.

arrow_forward Tánaiste stops short of definitive ‘no’ when pushed on Mercosur stance

arrow_forward Brazilian hormone beef recall leaves Brussels a ‘laughing stock’ – IFA

arrow_forward Editorial: EU recall of Brazilian hormone beef undermines promises

arrow_forward Brazilian beef with banned hormones enters EU foodchain

arrow_forward Listen: undercover - Brazilian beef exposed

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MART REPORTS »

Sheep mart prices: butchers and wholesalers more active in places

Sheep mart prices: butchers and wholesalers more active in places

MARKETS 3 December 2025

Camera at the Mart: successful first sheep fatstock for Macroom

Camera at the Mart: successful first sheep fatstock for Macroom

MARKETS 3 December 2025

Martbids Database: weanling trade continues to ease

Martbids Database: weanling trade continues to ease

MARKETS 3 December 2025

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VIEWPOINTS »

Editorial: EU recall of Brazilian hormone beef undermines promises

The EU Commission has always lauded its strong record on controls and checks on product coming into the EU market.

by Adam Woods

Editorial: EU recall of Brazilian hormone beef undermines promises

Dempsey at Large: TB control - more of the same

by Matt Dempsey

Home Farm: starting our solar journey

by Matt Dempsey

Editorial: fresh conditions attached to derogation

by Caitríona Morrissey

PODCASTS »

BEEF »

Bluetongue vaccination – an overview of vaccines on the licensed in NI

Bluetongue vaccination – an overview of vaccines on the licensed in NI

PODCAST 5 December 2025

Tánaiste stops short of definitive ‘no’ when pushed on Mercosur stance

Tánaiste stops short of definitive ‘no’ when pushed on Mercosur stance

NEWS 5 December 2025

Brazilian hormone beef recall leaves Brussels a ‘laughing stock’ – IFA

NORTHERN IRELAND 5 December 2025

€47m in SCEP payments commence to 14,983 farmers

NEWS 5 December 2025

DAIRY »

Sinn Féin presses Minister to green-light bluetongue vaccines

Sinn Féin presses Minister to green-light bluetongue vaccines

NEWS 4 December 2025

Department’s bluetongue testing ‘ramped up’ after NI cases confirmed

Department’s bluetongue testing ‘ramped up’ after NI cases confirmed

NEWS 4 December 2025

‘Unusual' and 'localised' midge activity behind NI bluetongue cases - UFU

NORTHERN IRELAND 4 December 2025

Derogation conditions: new buffer zones and cut to fertiliser rates

NEWS 3 December 2025

SHEEP »

Bluetongue vaccination – an overview of vaccines on the licensed in NI

Bluetongue vaccination – an overview of vaccines on the licensed in NI

PODCAST 5 December 2025

Department’s bluetongue testing ‘ramped up’ after NI cases confirmed

Department’s bluetongue testing ‘ramped up’ after NI cases confirmed

NEWS 5 December 2025

Sheep Trends: factory quotes unchanged at €7.70 to €7.80/kg

NORTHERN IRELAND 5 December 2025

Sheep mart prices: butchers and wholesalers more active in places

NEWS 5 December 2025

TILLAGE »

Tillage Podcast: poor income figures and a chat with a US farmer

Tillage Podcast: poor income figures and a chat with a US farmer

NEWS 4 December 2025

Deal struck on allowing gene-edited seeds in the EU

Deal struck on allowing gene-edited seeds in the EU

NEWS 4 December 2025

Flavourless peas, better nutrition and fewer allergens on the way

NEWS 3 December 2025

Grain Trends: no changes in 2026 price outlook

MARKETS 3 December 2025

MACHINERY »

Spanish Ovlac disc harrow tastes Irish soil

Peter Thomas Keaveney spent some time with the Spanish built Ovlac 3m Eurodisc disc harrow, the firms premium disc harrow, cultivating maize stubbles ahead of grassland reseeding.

NEWS 5 December 2025

Spanish Ovlac disc harrow tastes Irish soil

Kioti previews new 140hp four-cylinder tractor

NEWS 4 December 2025

Young Stock Podcast: Monaghan man's passion for machines and agri marketing

NEWS 1 December 2025

Swedish investment firm takeover Överum

NEWS 3 December 2025

PEDIGREE »

Ranfurly rule the roost at Four Breeds Calf Show

Ranfurly rule the roost at Four Breeds Calf Show

PEDIGREE 3 December 2025

In Pictures: three in a row for Luddenmore at Angus calf show

PEDIGREE 1 December 2025

Irish buyers spend big at Royal Ulster Beef and Lamb championships

PEDIGREE 28 November 2025

AGRIBUSINESS »

Falling cattle and sheep supply will squeeze factories

Falling cattle and sheep supply will squeeze factories

PODCAST 5 December 2025

Ireland has two housing problems

Ireland has two housing problems

NEWS 5 December 2025

Listen: undercover - Brazilian beef exposed

NORTHERN IRELAND 5 December 2025

Dawn New Zealand deal completed

NEWS 5 December 2025

NORTHERN IRELAND »

Bluetongue vaccination – an overview of vaccines on the licensed in NI

Bluetongue vaccination – an overview of vaccines on the licensed in NI

NORTHERN IRELAND 5 December 2025

No plans in NI to cull BTV-3 cattle

No plans in NI to cull BTV-3 cattle

NEWS 4 December 2025

Sinn Féin presses Minister to green-light bluetongue vaccines

NEWS 4 December 2025

‘Unusual' and 'localised' midge activity behind NI bluetongue cases - UFU

NORTHERN IRELAND 4 December 2025

FOCUS »

Meeting Global Sustainability Expectations in food

Meeting Global Sustainability Expectations in food

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

Irish grain can help to reduce emissions from milk production

Irish grain can help to reduce emissions from milk production

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

From soil to hedges and reducing artificial inputs: farms are making changes

From soil to hedges and reducing artificial inputs: farms are making changes

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

Halfway towards our 2030 targets

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

Sustainability now being tracked and available to view

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

Farmers for climate action: progress from the Signpost Advisory Programme

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

How one farmer is offsetting his greenhouse gas emissions

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

PROPERTY »

Hammer time for a pair of Leinster farms

A pair of non-residential farms in Westmeath are due for mid-December auctions.

FOR SALE 3 December 2025

Hammer time for a pair of Leinster farms

Clare grazing ground guided at €270,000

FOR SALE 3 December 2025

Hammer time for a pair of Leinster farms

FOR SALE 3 December 2025

Christmas is coming for 264ac Meath farm

FOR SALE 3 December 2025

BUILDINGS »

JFC whole milk automatic feeding working well for Meath farmer

JFC whole milk automatic feeding working well for Meath farmer

BUILDINGS 26 November 2025

Flags fly high on new four-bay suckler shed

BUILDINGS 12 November 2025

Updates added to DAFM specs for mobile sheep handling and pig housing

BUILDINGS 29 October 2025

RENEWABLES »

Government prepares major changes to planning system

Government prepares major changes to planning system

NEWS 3 December 2025

New AD plant planned for Ballinasloe

New AD plant planned for Ballinasloe

NEWS 3 December 2025

Galway says no to eight wind turbines

NEWS 3 December 2025

Kepak wins large-business SEAI energy award

NEWS 1 December 2025

CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT »

Over €13m in funds to remove barriers to fish migration in rivers

Over €13m in funds to remove barriers to fish migration in rivers

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 1 December 2025

Meeting Global Sustainability Expectations in food

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

FORESTRY »

Letter considers why farmers are not planting trees

Letter considers why farmers are not planting trees

LETTERS 3 December 2025

New funding for forest owners taking step towards certification

FORESTRY 28 November 2025

FARM SAFETY »

Watch: 'my head was dizzy and the headaches were cruel'

Watch: 'my head was dizzy and the headaches were cruel'

FARM SAFETY 22 October 2025

ANIMAL HEALTH »

AHI driving CalfCare across the country for 15 years

AHI driving CalfCare across the country for 15 years

ADVERTISERS' ANOUNCEMENTS 5 December 2025

PIGS »

Bio security can improve pig performance

Bio security can improve pig performance

PIGS 2 November 2025

POULTRY »

Over 6,000 turkeys culled in Cavan

Over 6,000 turkeys culled in Cavan

POULTRY 3 December 2025

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AHI driving CalfCare across the country for 15 years

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ESB Networks publishes farm safety booklet to support safer working environments

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Cryptosporidiosis vaccine delivers for Roscommon dairy farmer

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PHOTOGRAPHY »

In Pictures: dairy work, winter prep and busy mart action at home and abroad

In Pictures: dairy work, winter prep and busy mart action at home and abroad

Watch: this week in pictures as farms face flooding and marts stay busy

Watch: this week in pictures as farms face flooding and marts stay busy

In pictures: highlights from Dairy Day 2025 in Limerick

In pictures: highlights from Dairy Day 2025 in Limerick

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Five minutes of frantic bidding secures Model County farm

Five minutes of frantic bidding secures Model County farm

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Bluetongue risk looms large

Bluetongue risk looms large

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‘Unusual' and 'localised' midge activity behind NI bluetongue cases - UFU

‘Unusual' and 'localised' midge activity behind NI bluetongue cases - UFU

Derogation conditions: new buffer zones and cut to fertiliser rates

Derogation conditions: new buffer zones and cut to fertiliser rates

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Money Mentor: can I claim VAT back on concrete/fencing works?

Money Mentor: can I claim VAT back on concrete/fencing works?

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More bluetongue cases suspected on Co Down farm

More bluetongue cases suspected on Co Down farm

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Falling cattle and sheep supply will squeeze factories

Falling cattle and sheep supply will squeeze factories

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No plans in NI to cull BTV-3 cattle

No plans in NI to cull BTV-3 cattle

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‘My life has been shattered by long COVID’

‘My life has been shattered by long COVID’

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New conditions for derogation farmers

New conditions for derogation farmers