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Roscommon farmer praises quality of Triple AAA Golden Maverick

Aidan McDonnell, based near Roscommon town, explains how using Triple AAA Golden Maverick has resulted in ‘minimal sickness’ among his herd.

MART REPORTS

Sheep price update: factories move to take heat out of trade

Darren Carty

Sheep price update: factories move to take heat out of trade

Plants have reduced their quotes at the start of the week by 10c/kg to 20c/kg, but remain keen for sheep.

Sheep mart prices: contrasting fortunes for cull and in-lamb ewes

Darren Carty

Sheep mart prices: contrasting fortunes for cull and in-lamb ewes

The market for cull ewes has been booming in the last week to 10 days, but, in contrast, in-lamb ewes are meeting a relatively subdued trade, with fewer farmers with an appetite to lamb ewes.

Camera at the Mart: Suffolk-cross ewe lambs hit €4.84/kg in Brockagh

Rachel Gallagher

Camera at the Mart: Suffolk-cross ewe lambs hit €4.84/kg in Brockagh

Rachel Gallagher reports from Brockagh Cloghan Mart for its first sheep sale of 2025.

PODCASTS

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BEEF

Kieran Mailey

Scanning time for autumn-calving suckler herds

Germany puts foot-and-mouth disease vaccines on standby

Amy Forde

Germany puts foot-and-mouth disease vaccines on standby

Adam Woods

Beef quotes kick forward another gear

Noel Bardon

Factories still have room for ‘significant’ beef price lift - IFA

FARM PROGRAMMES

SUSTAINABILITY

BEEF

DAIRY

SHEEP

DAIRY

Price bounces back at latest Global Dairy Trade auction

In total, 27,785t of dairy product swapped hands at the auction that had 178 participating bidders.

James Hanly

Seasonality bonus announced with Tirlán’s December milk price

A seasonality payment will apply to all creamery milk volumes supplied during December that meet quality criteria, as well as non-contracted volumes from its autumn calving and liquid milk schemes.

Declan O’Brien

Average Aurivo milk price forecast to top 50c/l in 2025

Amy Forde

Germany puts foot-and-mouth disease vaccines on standby

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

Darren Carty

Sheep price update: factories move to take heat out of trade

Rachel Gallagher

Woodies Badgerface dispersal tops at £6,700

Five pedigree sheep killed in ‘horrendous’ dog attack

James Hanly

Five pedigree sheep killed in ‘horrendous’ dog attack

12 cattle herds identified with Schmallenberg in 2024

Amy Forde

12 cattle herds identified with Schmallenberg in 2024

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ANIMAL HEALTH

Noel Bardon

MEP seeks more EU funding for fighting animal diseases

Midlands north-west MEP Maria Walsh has submitted amendments on the mobilisation of EU funding for farmers.

Kieran Mailey

Pneumonia risk in store cattle rising with mild weather

As milder weather is likely to increase the risk of pneumonia in housed cattle, keep a close eye on animals in the coming days.

PEDIGREE

Rachel Gallagher

Woodies Badgerface dispersal tops at £6,700

Rachel Gallagher reports on the Woodies flock sale that ran online through Harrison and Hetherington.

Rachel Gallagher

Hereford Bluefaced Leicester sale tops at 2,000gns

Rachel Gallagher reports on the recent Bluefaced Leicester sale held at the Hereford Livestock Centre.

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

Roscommon farmer praises quality of Triple AAA Golden Maverick

Aidan McDonnell, based near Roscommon town, explains how using Triple AAA Golden Maverick has resulted in ‘minimal sickness’ among his herd.

SPONSORED

CalfCare ’25 roadshow to promote calf health and good calf rearing practices

Seventeen farms nationwide will host CalfCare ’25, a collaborative roadshow by Animal Health Ireland (AHI) and Teagasc’s DairyBeef 500 campaign, promoting calf health and good calf-rearing practices.

SPONSORED

Healthy hens, longer lay with MSD

With around eight million laying hens in the whole of Ireland, egg production is a growing sector

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AGRIBUSINESS

Stephen Robb

Country Crest seeks permission to build anaerobic digestion plant

The farming and food company applied for planning permission for an anaerobic digestion plant on the site in 2012, but the permission expired in 2023.

Opinion: production must be protected alongside environment

Phelim O'Neill

Opinion: production must be protected alongside environment

It cannot be either/or when it comes to climate, environment and production in relation to agriculture, it must be all of them.

United challenges for Irish food exports

Lorcan Roche Kelly

United challenges for Irish food exports

The outlook for Irish food exports from this week’s Bord Bia Meat Marketing Seminar.

Lorcan Roche Kelly

FBD Hotels and Resorts acquires landmark Dublin property

Grand Hotel in Malahide had been on the market since mid-2024

TILLAGE

James Hanly

Sustainability-linked loans launched for tillage farmers

Siobhán Walsh

70% of farmers expect tillage area to remain stable

Siobhán Walsh

Kerry had highest spring barley yield in Ireland in 2024

Siobhán Walsh

Daiygold announces malting barley award winner

SPONSORED

Sustainability progress on Irish farms

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

MACHINERY

LAMMA 2025 - Knight shows new nozzle tech with chemical injection

Peter Thomas Keaveney

LAMMA 2025 - Knight shows new nozzle tech with chemical injection

Knight Farm Machinery unveiled a new in-house developed system that allows sprayers equipped with boom recirculation to incorporate chemical injection.

Gary Abbott

John Deere showcases latest autonomy on 9RX

At the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show 2025 in Las Vegas, John Deere revealed a number of autonomous machines, further building on the autonomous 8R410 which was first showcased at the 2022 show.

Peter Thomas Keaveney

JCB’s hydrogen engine gets green light for commercial use

Gary Abbott

Bobman cubicle bedder saves 13 hours a week on Meath dairy farm

Peter Thomas Keaveney

Alpego – the rising Italian manufacturer who quadrupled turnover in last decade

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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

Antique contents of iconic Slane period home set for online auction

Tommy Moyles

Antique contents of iconic Slane period home set for online auction

The contents of historic Clonkeehan Stud, The Square, Slane, Co Meath will be auctioned off at the end of January, writes Tommy Moyles.

Kilkenny farm is set for auction in March

Tommy Moyles

Kilkenny farm is set for auction in March

A compact holding in north Kilkenny with a functional yard and good grassland heads for public auction later this spring, writes Tommy Moyles.

Tommy Moyles

Holdings with big interest

Policy and a love of the land are among the factors that play a role in smaller holdings of land receiving more interest than larger farms according to one auctioneer, reports Tommy Moyles.

BUILDINGS

Martin Merrick

Roofing open tanks: a viable option?

Martin Merrick discusses the costs and options with roofing over a tank already in-situ.

CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT

James Hanly

Farmers’ climate change views sought for online survey

The project was launched by a research team from Technological University Dublin (TUD) who developed the survey to gather insights that will help shape future support for Irish agriculture.

Siobhán Walsh

70% of farmers expect tillage area to remain stable

Farmers took part in a survey at the Dairygold tillage conference on land area. The majority expect land area to remain the same.

RENEWABLES

Stephen Robb

Country Crest seeks permission to build anaerobic digestion plant

The farming and food company applied for planning permission for an anaerobic digestion plant on the site in 2012, but the permission expired in 2023.

Stephen Robb

An Bord Pleanála refuses permission for 12 wind farms in 2024

An Bord Pleanála granted planning permission for 10 new wind farms with a combined capacity of 717MW in 2024 , but needed to have granted 1,720MW to stay on target to meet the Climate Action Plan.

FORESTRY

James Hanly

Hometree announces new head of woodlands and land partnerships

Marina Conway will lead the conservation charity’s efforts to restore ancient and long-established woodlands along Ireland's west coast, working closely with landowners, communities and policymakers.

James Hanly

€24.2m payments paid to forest owners

The tax-free payments were issued to over 7,000 forest owners who applied for their payments through the Department’s Online Services website.

NORTHERN IRELAND

David Wright

News in-brief from Northern Ireland

Weekly news in-brief from across the farming industry in Northern Ireland.

Peter McCann

Sustainability is a ‘massive opportunity’ for NI farms

Ian Marshall from Queen's University Belfast spoke at the Oxford Farming Conference last week.

IRISH COUNTRY LIVING

Life

Sowing the seeds of innovation

Students explored innovative solutions for agricultural problems at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, writes Rosalind Skillen.

Comment

Editorial: ‘If you’re caring for children at home, think about your pension'

Life

BT Young Scientist & Technology: Bright minds and brilliant discoveries

Property

Antique contents of iconic Slane period home set for online auction

Property

Kilkenny farm is set for auction in March

CAO Special: don’t miss out on additional supports

Sarah McIntosh

CAO Special: don’t miss out on additional supports

The HEAR and DARE scheme is in place to break down barriers to third-level education. It is important students get their application in, writes Sarah McIntosh.

Katherine O'Leary

'Lovely things happen when families make an effort to come together'

A family get-together proves memorable in the local pub while farmers welcome the thaw after a week of hardship, writes Katherine O'Leary.

Tommy Moyles

Holdings with big interest

Policy and a love of the land are among the factors that play a role in smaller holdings of land receiving more interest than larger farms according to one auctioneer, reports Tommy Moyles.