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

On this week’s Farm Tech Talk, Adam outlines pressure on beef finishers, Darren covers the early lamb trade, and Daire updates on grazing progress.

PODCAST 20 March 2026

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

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Galway business determined to change perception of Irish wool

Galway business determined to change perception of Irish wool

NEWS 20 March 2026

Sheep flock wiped out in dog attack

Sheep flock wiped out in dog attack

NEWS 18 March 2026

UK shearing crisis averted as tightening of visas for foreign shearers delayed

UK shearing crisis averted as tightening of visas for foreign shearers delayed

UK shearing crisis averted as tightening of visas for foreign shearers delayed

NEWS 16 March 2026

13 lambs killed after their necks were ‘deliberately broken’

13 lambs killed after their necks were ‘deliberately broken’

13 lambs killed after their necks were ‘deliberately broken’

NEWS 15 March 2026

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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 6 March 2026

In pictures: in-lamb ewes average over €175 at Blackface sale

In pictures: in-lamb ewes average over €175 at Blackface sale

There was keen demand at Sunday’s Connemara/Mayo Blackface Breeding Group Sale in Maam Cross with yearling ewe hoggets also selling briskly and averaging at over €150 per head.

PEDIGREE 6 March 2026

Joseph Scahill wins 2026 Golden Shears world intermediate shearing title

Joseph Scahill wins 2026 Golden Shears world intermediate shearing title

Irish shearers excelled among the world’s elite shearers at last week’s Golden Shears world shearing championships held n Masterton, New Zealand.

NEWS 6 March 2026

UK visa clampdown could see 1.5m sheep left unshorn this summer

UK visa clampdown could see 1.5m sheep left unshorn this summer

The UK's National Sheep Association has warned a shortage of overseas shearers could increase the risk of flystrike and lower growth rates.

NEWS 6 March 2026

€1m funding secured for agricultural shows

€1m funding secured for agricultural shows

Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht Dara Calleary TD has confirmed funding of over €1m to support agricultural shows in 2026.

PEDIGREE 6 March 2026

Farm Tech Talk: Bord Bia review, fertiliser prices and field work

Farm Tech Talk: Bord Bia review, fertiliser prices and field work

On this week’s Farm Tech Talk, the team discuss the potential impact of the conflict in Iran on fertiliser and energy prices, the outcome of the IFA–Bord Bia stand-off, and the field work.

PODCAST 6 March 2026

TAMS deadline extended for unsuccessful applications in tranche nine

TAMS deadline extended for unsuccessful applications in tranche nine

Applications submitted under tranche nine and which were unsuccessful for selection in either tranche nine or 10 can be resubmitted until Friday 13 March 2026.

SCHEMES 6 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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