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EU heading for a trade deal with Australia

EU Commission President and Trade Commissioner are on their way to Australia to close the trade deal that will give Australian dairy, beef and sheepmeat preferential access to the EU market.

NEWS 22 March 2026

EU heading for a trade deal with Australia

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Camera at the Mart: exceptional demand for weanlings in Gortatlea

Camera at the Mart: exceptional demand for weanlings in Gortatlea

MARKETS 21 March 2026

Irish factory prices fall behind export benchmark

Irish factory prices fall behind export benchmark

NEWS 20 March 2026

Beef prices slashed by €5m

Beef prices slashed by €5m

Beef prices slashed by €5m

NEWS 18 March 2026

Beef Trends: quotes slip again

Beef Trends: quotes slip again

Beef Trends: quotes slip again

MARKETS 18 March 2026

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Camera at the Mart: grass buyers active in Raphoe Mart

Camera at the Mart: grass buyers active in Raphoe Mart

The presence of grass buyers helped to keep a floor under prices for lighter cattle, but slaughter-fit and forward stores were €30 to €50/head easier on price.

MARKETS 16 March 2026

Martbids Database: price drops across the board

Martbids Database: price drops across the board

Very few stock types have been immune to price cuts over the last week, with light heifers, heavy bullocks and all weights and sexes of weanlings seeing a slashing of price.

MARKETS 16 March 2026

Calf price update: prices back across the board for main breeds

Calf price update: prices back across the board for main breeds

Numbers remain high at marts across the country, but prices have softened as a result, according to the ICBF calf price table, writes Tommy Moyles.

MARKETS 16 March 2026

Camera at the Mart: over 1,800 calves on offer in Cahir Mart

Camera at the Mart: over 1,800 calves on offer in Cahir Mart

There was super demand for calves right though the sale in Cahir Mart on Friday night last, reports Tommy Moyles. Numbers have been over 1,800 for the last two sales in the Co Tipperary mart.

MARKETS 16 March 2026

Camera at the Mart: trade remains strong in Kilkenny

Camera at the Mart: trade remains strong in Kilkenny

Cathal Gormley reports from the weekly suckler calf sale in Kilkenny, where over 500 calves was on offer.

MARTS 16 March 2026

Irish beef quotes bottom of EU price league

Irish beef quotes bottom of EU price league

Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including the latest quotes for finished cattle this week.

MARKETS 16 March 2026

Camera at the Mart: slight easing in price as almost 2,200 calves sell in Bandon

Camera at the Mart: slight easing in price as almost 2,200 calves sell in Bandon

Shippers and farmers were active for calves of all breeds in Bandon Mart, as, for the third week in a row, over 2,000 calves passed through the ring of the west Cork venue.

MARKETS 16 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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