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Examining the costs of forage crops

Forage crops are expensive to grow, so it is important to know the costs and have a payment plan in place when growing for someone else.

CROPS 21 March 2026

Examining the costs of forage crops

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Farm Tech Talk: beef pressure, lamb trade and TB in New Zealand

Farm Tech Talk: beef pressure, lamb trade and TB in New Zealand

PODCAST 20 March 2026

Aurivo and Dale Farm to enter strategic partnership

Aurivo and Dale Farm to enter strategic partnership

NEWS 20 March 2026

Crunch meeting of Aurivo board

Crunch meeting of Aurivo board

Crunch meeting of Aurivo board

NEWS 18 March 2026

What now for North Cork Creameries?

What now for North Cork Creameries?

What now for North Cork Creameries?

NEWS 18 March 2026

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Watercourses, buffers and forage crops

Watercourses, buffers and forage crops

Late-harvested crops like maize and beet require a larger buffer zone than cereal crops. Grass crops do not have a buffer zone.

FODDER 11 March 2026

Kerry Dairy Ireland keeps 2.87c/l base price top-up for February

Kerry Dairy Ireland keeps 2.87c/l base price top-up for February

Suppliers of Kerry Dairy Ireland are to receive the same top-up in February as they had the previous month.

NEWS 11 March 2026

Schemes update: higher BVD payment confined to calves removed within 10 days

Schemes update: higher BVD payment confined to calves removed within 10 days

The payment rate for a BVD-positive animal removed between day 11 and day 21 of the first positive or inconclusive test result remains at €30 per head.

NEWS 11 March 2026

Farm Tech Talk: input prices, bluetongue and dairy co-ops

Farm Tech Talk: input prices, bluetongue and dairy co-ops

On this week’s Farm Tech Talk, the team discuss bluetongue vaccines, coop mergers, lambing, field work and the impact of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East on input prices.

PODCAST 11 March 2026

MartBids watch: hogget prices rise €20 to €30 per head in Ballinasloe Mart

MartBids watch: hogget prices rise €20 to €30 per head in Ballinasloe Mart

The top price in last week’s sale was €205 for a batch of ewe hoggets, while top prices in this week’s sale exceeded €230 on five occasions.

NEWS 11 March 2026

Dairygold keeps base price steady but cuts early calving bonus for February

Dairygold keeps base price steady but cuts early calving bonus for February

January's base milk price has been held into February for Dairygold suppliers, but with a lower early calving bonus due on qualifying supplies.

NEWS 11 March 2026

North Cork Creameries on the brink

North Cork Creameries on the brink

Board chair Thomas O'Donoghue said the board is evaluating 'available opportunities'.

NEWS 11 March 2026

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Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

Conal Moore an agri contractor and tillage framer from Ballygar Co Galway. “We do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.

Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

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