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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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Prices ease amid peak calf sales

Prices ease amid peak calf sales

NEWS 18 March 2026

Beef farmers wanted for new climate project

Beef farmers wanted for new climate project

NEWS 15 March 2026

Calf birth registrations running 36,469 head higher

Calf birth registrations running 36,469 head higher

Calf birth registrations running 36,469 head higher

NEWS 15 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

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

NEWS 14 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

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 6 March 2026

€312/head average for Friesian bull calves

€312/head average for Friesian bull calves

After falling slightly at the end of February, calf prices bounced back during sales held over the first full week of March. Prices for Friesian bulls were up €40/head compared to the previous week.

NEWS 6 March 2026

Positive signs of lower BVD prevalence

Positive signs of lower BVD prevalence

Programme results for the first nine weeks of 2025 show the number of BVD-positive animals reducing from 134 head to 93 head

NEWS 6 March 2026

Beef imports hit ‘shocking’ 10-year high of 40,000t last year – Aontú TD

Beef imports hit ‘shocking’ 10-year high of 40,000t last year – Aontú TD

Imports of Brazilian beef into Ireland jumped from 22t in 2016 to 172t last year.

NEWS 6 March 2026

Planning to comply with the Beef Welfare Scheme

Planning to comply with the Beef Welfare Scheme

The 2026 scheme is not expected to open until August leaving some farmers with weanlings born in the second half of 2025 questioning what they need to do to safeguard payment.

SUCKLERS 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

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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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