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Farm Tech Talk: input costs, beef markets and North Cork Creameries

This week, the team discusses inputs costs, tentative signs of positivity in beef markets, new derogation requirements and updates with North Cork Creameries.

PODCAST 3 April 2026

Farm Tech Talk: input costs, beef markets and North Cork Creameries

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North Cork and Carbery agree milk supply deal

North Cork and Carbery agree milk supply deal

NEWS 2 April 2026

Proposed EU rules could 'end Irish live exports'

Proposed EU rules could 'end Irish live exports'

NEWS 2 April 2026

How the new TB testing regime could impact reactors

How the new TB testing regime could impact reactors

How the new TB testing regime could impact reactors

NEWS 2 April 2026

Dairy Trends: European butter prices back to €4,000/t

Dairy Trends: European butter prices back to €4,000/t

Dairy Trends: European butter prices back to €4,000/t

NEWS 1 April 2026

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Online system opens for 2026 nitrates derogation applications

Online system opens for 2026 nitrates derogation applications

The Minister also confirmed that the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation website has opened to facilitate dairy farmers to confirm their Dairy Band for 2026.

NEWS 30 March 2026

Minister doesn't budge on reactor compensation as new TB rules draw near

Minister doesn't budge on reactor compensation as new TB rules draw near

The current reactor ceiling for pedigree cattle is set at €5,000 per head, while commercial cattle are subject to a lower ceiling of €3,000/head.

NEWS 30 March 2026

North Cork Creameries: milk plant without a milk pool

North Cork Creameries: milk plant without a milk pool

Aidan Brennan looks at where the milk that North Cork Creameries used to process comes from and what is likely to happen next.

NEWS 30 March 2026

Suppliers move to leave North Cork Creameries

Suppliers move to leave North Cork Creameries

A large group of suppliers have sent in termination notices by email and by hand to the co-op headquarters in Kanturk, writes Aidan Brennan.

NEWS 30 March 2026

Nitrates: derogation application, 2025 stocking rates and cow banding updates

Nitrates: derogation application, 2025 stocking rates and cow banding updates

Farmers can now apply for a 2026 nitrates derogation, view 2025 bovine grassland stocking rates and declare this year's herd banding for nitrates.

NEWS 30 March 2026

Aurivo could cancel milk contracts if supplier was convicted of criminal offence

Aurivo could cancel milk contracts if supplier was convicted of criminal offence

Suppliers have been warned that the co-op could refuse their milk if they were to be convicted of a criminal offence.

NEWS 30 March 2026

What you need to know about new TB testing changes

What you need to know about new TB testing changes

Cattle farmers have been urged to familiarise themselves with updated TB testing requirements that will take effect in just two weeks.

NEWS 30 March 2026

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BVD – the silent risk that still remains

Irish farmers have made remarkable progress in the fight against bovine viral diarrhoea. Since 2013, the number of persistently infected calves has fallen from over 16,000 to 485 in 2024.

BVD – the silent risk that still remains

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