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Justin Walsh runs a one-man operation and manages a herd of 95 beef cows and heifers at the foot of the Hill of Tara in Co Meath, along with his farming business, Justin also weighs cattle for ICBF.

BUDGET 2025

Noel Bardon

Budget 2025: find out what it will mean for your farm

Sheep, suckler and tillage farmers are among those allocated new funding the budget.

Budget 2025 – the main scheme announcements summarised

Darren Carty

Budget 2025 – the main scheme announcements summarised

Funding for Agriculture increased by €158m, with €85m of this committed to new measures, according to Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue.

Minister keeps door open to further tightening of agri reliefs for investors

Noel Bardon

Minister keeps door open to further tightening of agri reliefs for investors

Up to now, it was only the individual inheriting the land that had to own the land for six years to avail of the relief.

Budget 2025 gives money to all sectors, but where's the plan?

The Dealer

Budget 2025 gives money to all sectors, but where's the plan?

Budget 2025 has set the tone for the inevitable general election, but the IFA's farm business chair is pointing to the elephant in the room.

MART REPORTS

Sheep mart comment: demand for store lambs remains solid

Darren Carty

Sheep mart comment: demand for store lambs remains solid

Mart managers report farmers who fared well in finishing store lambs last season are returning with a keen appetite for lambs.

Camera at the Mart: prices up €40 at Mayo Blackface Group sale

Darren Carty

Camera at the Mart: prices up €40 at Mayo Blackface Group sale

There was a 100% clearance of over 550 hoggets, which averaged just shy of €200/head, while in excess of 900 ewe lambs recorded an average price of approximately €123/head.

Added financial incentive needed for dairy calf-to-beef farmers

Tommy Moyles

Added financial incentive needed for dairy calf-to-beef farmers

Extra demand for land and uncertainty in the Netherlands for future calf exports are reasons why incentives are needed for dairy calf to beef farmers according to Bandon Mart manager Sean Dennehy.

PODCASTS

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BEEF

James Hanly

€8m invested in Kepak Kilbeggan factory

Adam Woods

€400/head beef price gap

Kieran Mailey

NI Trends: prices increase with cattle in demand; deals to be had on lambs

Martin Merrick

Grass+ Beef: last rotation commences for 2024

FARM PROGRAMMES

SUSTAINABILITY

BEEF

DAIRY

SHEEP

DAIRY

Contributor

Grass+ Dairy: planning for last rotation begins

Thomas Condon outlines some key management advice around the autumn planner for grazing to set the farm up properly for spring 2025.

Dairy Management: milk recording, BCS, grazing and youngstock

Martin Merrick

Dairy Management: milk recording, BCS, grazing and youngstock

Some key tasks for this autumn include BCS of cows, milk recording ahead of the dry period as well as managing what grass remains on the farm.

Phelim O'Neill

Dairy Trends: mixed week for commodity prices

Amy Forde

Industry must 'remain vigilant' for bluetongue

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

James Hanly

Sheep Welfare Scheme must ‘avoid any leakages’ - IFA

Darren Carty

Sheep mart comment: demand for store lambs remains solid

Sheep Trends: agents active for quality lambs

Darren Carty

Sheep Trends: agents active for quality lambs

NI Trends: prices increase with cattle in demand; deals to be had on lambs

Kieran Mailey

NI Trends: prices increase with cattle in demand; deals to be had on lambs

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Nitrates derogation calculator

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ANIMAL HEALTH

Anne O'Donoghue

Budget 2025 in figures for farmers

An overview of the main payments and reliefs for farmers in Budget 2025.

Rachel Donovan

Additional €8m for Beef Welfare Scheme

The overall budget for the scheme in 2025 will increase from €20m to €28m. Darren Carty and Rachel Donovan report.

PEDIGREE

Rachel Gallagher

McHugh Bros take champion spot at Donegal Cheviot Breeders Sale

Rachel Gallagher reports from the annual Donegal Cheviot sheep breeders show and sale.

Rachel Gallagher

Gortnagross flock tops Ballymena Border Leicester sale

Rachel Gallagher reports from Ballymena livestock mart for the 109th annual show and sale of Border Leicesters.

SPONSORED

Famous 'Sheep Shepherd' duo trusts Tribamec Duo

Tribamec Duo combines Chanelle Pharma’s established products - Animec Oral solution for sheep and Tribex 5% oral suspension for sheep. The unique blend equips it to combat a range of sheep parasites.

SPONSORED

Reducing stress on man and beast

Justin Walsh runs a one-man operation and manages a herd of 95 beef cows and heifers at the foot of the Hill of Tara in Co Meath, along with his farming business, Justin also weighs cattle for ICBF.

SPONSORED

Potential in the east for Irish agri-food exports

Ahead of the upcoming trade mission, Bord Bia Asia, Africa and Middle East manager Ciaran Gallagher examines where Vietnam and Thailand fit into Irish agri-food exports.

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AGRIBUSINESS

Sterling strength boosts factory returns

Phelim O'Neill

Sterling strength boosts factory returns

Irish factories buying in euro and selling in sterling win with strong sterling.

Fonterra’s new strategy is all about increasing returns to shareholders

Lorcan Roche Kelly

Fonterra’s new strategy is all about increasing returns to shareholders

The New Zealand co-op continues to explore divestment options for consumer business.

Tipp Co-op AGM hears details of disastrous 2023

Lorcan Roche Kelly

Tipp Co-op AGM hears details of disastrous 2023

Shareholders were also given up on progress on talks with Arrabawn.

JCB sold 123,228 machines in 2023 as profits soar by 45%

Peter Thomas Keaveney

JCB sold 123,228 machines in 2023 as profits soar by 45%

Profits at JCB rose to a staggering £805.8m in 2023, up 44.48% from £557.7m in 2022.

TILLAGE

James Hanly

Teagasc co-ordinating €5m integrated pest management project in crops

James Hanly

‘Budget lacked any tillage vision’ - IGGG

Siobhán Walsh

Grain Trends: first prices announced as markets improve

Siobhán Walsh

Tillage Podcast: harvest prices, maize and more malt

SPONSORED

Sustainability progress on Irish farms

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

MACHINERY

Gary Abbott

Strautmann to unveil new Primus 600 self-propelled diet feeder at EuroTier show

Strautmann will unveil a new Primus 600 series self-propelled diet feeder range at the EuroTier show in Germany next month, a newly designed offering from its chassis right through to machine control.

Peter Thomas Keaveney

Kuhn adds film binding to FB 3130 fixed chamber baler

Kuhn has introduced its patented twin-reel film binding system to its FB 3130 fixed chamber round baler.

Peter Thomas Keaveney

Australian firm sets sights on world’s first electric combine

Gary Abbott

6910S John Deere sells for €24,750 plus VAT at auction

Peter Thomas Keaveney

JCB sold 123,228 machines in 2023 as profits soar by 45%

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

Period house on 97ac for €1.85m

The house is over 2,000 sq ft in area and has five bedrooms. It is in very good condition.

Big potential for residential farm in north Tipperary

Tommy Moyles

Big potential for residential farm in north Tipperary

A 30ac farm with a derelict cottage served by an excellent road network is on the market in North Tipperary, writes Tommy Moyles.

Paul Mooney

Riverside views in Callan

This Co Kilkenny property has 17 stables, a big sand arena and a large Georgian-style house.

BUILDINGS

Essentials of milk parlour checks and servicing

Martin Merrick

Essentials of milk parlour checks and servicing

Martin Merrick details some key advice in keeping your milking parlour in top condition for the latter stages of lactation.

CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT

Kelsey Daly

Tipperary farmers win Teagasc FBD environmental sustainability award

Sixteen finalists from across the country eagerly awaited the announcement of the winner at the Heritage Hotel, Co Laois, on Tuesday evening.

‘No evidence’ water quality measures are enough – EPA

Anne O'Donoghue

‘No evidence’ water quality measures are enough – EPA

Ireland’s State of the Environment Report 2024 comes out once every four years and gives the EPA’s environmental analysis across a number of areas.

RENEWABLES

Stephen Robb

Over 380 solar farms in development

The solar industry is expected to deliver €2.7bn in investment into Ireland by 2030, according to a new report.

Stephen Robb

European first in battery technology planned for Donegal

The ESB and Coillte's joint venture FutureEnergy Ireland has submitted plans for Europe’s first large-scale, iron-air battery near Buncrana, Co Donegal.

FORESTRY

Donal Magner

Disappointment as forestry allocation cut by 17% to €91m

Leaders in the forestry industry have described the move to cut the forestry budget as "deeply disappointing".

Beech revisited as woodland and timber tree

Donal Magner

Beech revisited as woodland and timber tree

Irish pavilion at the Venice Biennale to highlight aesthetic, functional and acoustic qualities of Irish grown beech, writes Donal Magner

NORTHERN IRELAND

David Wright

Weekly news round-up from NI farming

News in-brief from across the farming and food industry in Northern Ireland.

Kieran Mailey

Prime cattle push on to 500p/kg

There have been further price increases in the beef trade, with prime steers and heifers commanding 500p/kg at NI plants.

IRISH COUNTRY LIVING

Comment

Editorial: have your say at our Women & Agriculture conference

It can be intimidating to put your hand up in a room of 600 women but your voice matters, writes Ciara Leahy.

Irish Horse

Irish Horse: season of change

Women & Ag

Women & Agriculture conference 2024: tickets on sale now

Women & Ag

Cooking with the Seasons

Entertainment

Sport: jumping for Joyce

Mark Costello

Racing: strap in for a month of great racing around the world

Cheltenham who? With a packed calendar of fl at races coming up, it’s time to focus on the speed and spectacle of the turf, writes Mark Costello.

‘Everyone deserves excellence in education and training’

Sarah McIntosh

‘Everyone deserves excellence in education and training’

Education and Training Boards (ETBs) have appealed to all political parties to tackle inequality in the next programme for government at their annual conference in Wexford, writes Sarah McIntosh.