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CycleØ progressing with €100m investment plans in Ireland

CycleØ Group, the leading end-to-end biomethane platform that builds, owns and operates plants in Europe confirms that its investment plans are progressing, with sites planned in Limerick and Kildare.

MART REPORTS

Sheep mart prices: agents more keen for hoggets

Darren Carty

Sheep mart prices: agents more keen for hoggets

Mart managers report agents exhibiting greater bite for hoggets as the week progresses, with prices steadying and firming by in cases by €1 to €3/head.

Martbids Database: farmers and exporters clash in battle for cattle

Adam Woods

Martbids Database: farmers and exporters clash in battle for cattle

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

Camera at the Mart: light bulls average over €4/kg in Balla

Martin Merrick

Camera at the Mart: light bulls average over €4/kg in Balla

Heifer weanlings were mostly sought by farmer buyers, while exporters were most active around the bull weanling ring in Balla on Tuesday night last.

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BEEF

Phelim O'Neill

China’s beef imports increased again in 2024

Nevan McKiernan

Irish Dexter Cattle Society takes aim at ICBF Euro-star indices

Adam Woods

Forward store beef heifers hit €5/kg

Five breed societies pull Euro-star indices

Nevan McKiernan

Five breed societies pull Euro-star indices

FARM PROGRAMMES

SUSTAINABILITY

BEEF

DAIRY

SHEEP

DAIRY

Rachel Donovan

Ornua PPI increases for month of January

This is the sixth consecutive increase in Ornua’s PPI since July 2024.

Rachel Donovan

Ornua PPI increases for January

This is the sixth consecutive increase in Ornua’s PPI since July 2024.

Declan O’Brien

Blow to calf exports

Rachel Donovan

Dairy sector is a powerhouse of the rural economy - Tirlán

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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

Phelim O'Neill

China’s beef imports increased again in 2024

Darren Carty

Hogget prices stabilise and rebound

Sheep Trends: hogget prices turn a corner

Darren Carty

Sheep Trends: hogget prices turn a corner

Darren Carty

Sheep mart prices: agents more keen for hoggets

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ANIMAL HEALTH

Beef management notes: slurry, fertiliser and cattle grading

Adam Woods

Beef management notes: slurry, fertiliser and cattle grading

Adam Woods takes a look at some tips and advice for drystock farms in this week's beef management notes.

James Hanly

Three cases of bird flu reported in 2025

Analysis of World Organisation for Animal Health data has shown that there have been three cases of avian flu reported in wild birds so far this year.

PEDIGREE

Nevan McKiernan

Aberdeen Angus lead the way at the first weekend of Stirling bull sales

Nevan McKiernan reports on the Stirling bull sales held at United Auctions in Scotland.

Nevan McKiernan

Tiger roars his way to 18,000gns in Carlisle

Nevan McKiernan reports on the British Blue Cattle Society's special January sale in Carlisle.

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

CycleØ progressing with €100m investment plans in Ireland

SPONSORED

Lamlac’s efficiency and consistency saluted by Waterford lamb farmer

Jamie Kiely, who rears approximately 40 to 50 pet lambs annually on the family holding at Ballycoe Farm, north of Dungarvan, Co Waterford, is delighted with the efficacy of Lamlac.

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Dairy farmer salutes quality and reliability of Triple AAA Golden Maverick

A County Limerick dairy farmer, now in his fifth year feeding AAA Golden Maverick to his calves, is delighted with the quality and consistency the product is providing.

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AGRIBUSINESS

Phelim O'Neill

China’s beef imports increased again in 2024

The rate of China’s beef imports increase has slowed down in recent years, but still increased in 2024, while pork and sheepmeat imports fell.

The success of Kerry Group should be celebrated

Lorcan Roche Kelly

The success of Kerry Group should be celebrated

It's now up to the next generation of farmers to see if they can repeat the growth with their new co-op.

Co Kerry gets the lion’s share of Kerry Group bonanza

Lorcan Roche Kelly

Co Kerry gets the lion’s share of Kerry Group bonanza

More than €1 billion of Kerry Group shares heading for the Kingdom.

Is Listowel the richest little town in Ireland?

Lorcan Roche Kelly

Is Listowel the richest little town in Ireland?

Listowel, the birthplace of Kerry, has done very well from the share distribution

TILLAGE

Siobhán Walsh

Tillage Podcast: flour from beans, soil carbon and crop establishment

Grain Trends: tariffs and weather hitting markets

Siobhán Walsh

Grain Trends: tariffs and weather hitting markets

Siobhán Walsh

Free tillage emissions calculator available in Q3 2025

Tillage management: seed, lime and fertiliser

Conor Kehoe

Top soil questions answered from Teagasc tillage conference

SPONSORED

Sustainability progress on Irish farms

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

MACHINERY

Gary Abbott

Amazone expands Cenio cultivator range with 4m folding model

Amazone has expanded its Cenio cultivator range with the addition of a new 4000-2 4m folding model.

Peter Thomas Keaveney

Vervaet updates Q beet harvester

Vervaet is introducing an updated version of the Vervaet Q-616 beet harvester with a new cab, a range of technical improvements, updated styling and numerous new options.

Peter Thomas Keaveney

French spreading perfection with Sulky

Gary Abbott

Two decades of reliability with Rauch spreaders on large Louth tillage farm

Peter Thomas Keaveney

Spring Machinery Show attracts big crowds with a positive attitude to the Eikon

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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

Donegal prices dip with fewer stand-out farms

Paul Mooney

Donegal prices dip with fewer stand-out farms

Good land is fetching €7,000/ac to €14,000/ac - plain land is making less.

Noel Bardon

New land leases for 2024

Check out which counties paid the most and the least for long-term land leases in 2024, writes Noel Bardon.

Planning inconsistencies affect rural site prices

Jacqueline Hogge

Planning inconsistencies affect rural site prices

Frustration over a planning process that has restricted rural housing in recent years is leading to implications for the price and availability of sites across the country, writes Jacqueline Hogge.

BUILDINGS

Reader question: powering my farm with a generator

Martin Merrick

Reader question: powering my farm with a generator

Martin Merrick details what to look for when it comes to generators for both dairy and drystock farms, and the grants available.

CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT

Noel Bardon

BISS fines loom on CAP peatland rules

It is thought that as many as 32,000 farmers are to be impacted by the new GAEC 2 rules.

Call for change to the methane counting system

Declan O’Brien

Call for change to the methane counting system

Carbon Removals Action Group called on the Government to use both the current GWP100 accounting system in parallel to GWP*.

RENEWABLES

Stephen Robb

Green light for Bord na Móna’s 18 wind turbines on Oweninny bog

The wind farm will be the third stage of development on the Oweninny bog and will replace an older 21-turbine wind farm built in 1992.

County-by-county renewable targets on the way

Stephen Robb

County-by-county renewable targets on the way

There are set to be big changes to County Council’s local development plans with new, local targets coming writes Stephen Robb

FORESTRY

Storm Éowyn flattened €700m worth of timber

Declan O’Brien

Storm Éowyn flattened €700m worth of timber

The amount of timber damaged and on the ground is around three times the volume processed each year by the Irish saw milling industry.

Noel Bardon

High voltage lines within 5m of forestry in ‘many cases’, Dáil hears

A Sligo-Leitrim TD has raised the issue of forestry plantations being close to power lines during a Dáil debate.

NORTHERN IRELAND

Peter McCann

News round-up from Northern Ireland

Weekly round-up of news from the farming industry in Northern Ireland.

Northern View: cattle quotes leap another 20p/kg

David Wright

Northern View: cattle quotes leap another 20p/kg

The cattle trade in NI continues to drive on, with much higher quotes available.

IRISH COUNTRY LIVING

Comment

Building a home in rural Ireland

Road frontage is no longer the sexy term it was once was - with planning permission so hard to get.

Property

Free Land Report in this week's paper

Life

Cornus brings a fiery display

Property

€2m guide for Wexford dairy farm at auction

Property

Pair of compact Connacht holdings ‘ideal opportunity for young farmer’

Deirdre Verney

‘This is my All-Ireland final, being a proud Tipp artist’

Camán to this comedic one-man show where Cathal Ryan brings hurling and drama together.

Deirdre Verney

‘The sight of those bright yellow ESB vans pulling into the drive was wonderful'

After storm Éowyn, communities came together, neighbours helped neighbours and the ESB came to our rescue.

Going, going, gone – find a career under the hammer

Sarah McIntosh

Going, going, gone – find a career under the hammer

Auctioneers play a major role in the agricultural sector in rural Ireland, and there are many different pathways into this vital career, writes Sarah McIntosh.

Jacqueline Hogge

Lack of knowledge a stumbling block to securing planning

Local authorities suggest poor advice and a lack of knowledge are among the reasons people in rural areas are being refused planning permission for a home

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