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Limousin bulls average five figures in Carlisle

Limousin bulls hit the market running in Borderway Mart, Carlisle, on Saturday, averaging just over £10,000, Nevan McKiernan reports.

PEDIGREE 20 October 2026

Limousin bulls average five figures in Carlisle

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HW Netherton females sell to multiple countries

HW Netherton females sell to multiple countries

PEDIGREE 19 October 2026

Donegal-bred Salers heifers achieve top prices in red-hot Gort sale

Donegal-bred Salers heifers achieve top prices in red-hot Gort sale

PEDIGREE 19 October 2026

New Wicklow data centre to be co-located with renewable energy

New Wicklow data centre to be co-located with renewable energy

New Wicklow data centre to be co-located with renewable energy

NEWS 19 October 2026

New record price for Hereford bull in Kilmallock

New record price for Hereford bull in Kilmallock

New record price for Hereford bull in Kilmallock

PEDIGREE 19 October 2026

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Rearing pigs with intact tails could cost average pig farm over €142,000

Rearing pigs with intact tails could cost average pig farm over €142,000

A typical 700-sow herd could see 784 entire carcases condemned per year if it switched to rearing pigs with intact tails, a Teagasc pig conference heard last week.

PIGS 14 October 2026

Tightening fertiliser supplies spark fears at home and abroad

Tightening fertiliser supplies spark fears at home and abroad

The UN has warned of a possible food crisis in parts of Africa and Asia if fertiliser is not allowed free passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

NEWS 14 October 2026

Down to Agribusiness: gas prices, Kilkenny cheese and food v solar

Down to Agribusiness: gas prices, Kilkenny cheese and food v solar

On this week’s show, Stephen and Lorcan discuss rising gas prices, €200m in biomethane grants, solar farm refusals and Kilkenny Cheese's ambitions with MD Kieran Fitzgerald.

NEWS 14 October 2026

Tillage Podcast: new mill, malt and sowing

Tillage Podcast: new mill, malt and sowing

This week’s show is a busy one, with good news on a flour mill but bad news for malting barley as farmers abandon the crop.

NEWS 14 October 2026

€700,000 budget cut to farm safety 'deeply disappointing' - Healy-Rae

€700,000 budget cut to farm safety 'deeply disappointing' - Healy-Rae

Michael Healy-Rae has criticised the 23% cut to farm safety funding under Budget 2027, saying it sends entirely the wrong message to farm families.

NEWS 14 October 2026

ICMSA demands TB-status clarity on untested herds

ICMSA demands TB-status clarity on untested herds

Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon claimed in the Dáil that many of the 1,022 herds that have not been tested for TB did not have any cattle.

NEWS 14 October 2026

Farmers are entitled to results on TB

Farmers are entitled to results on TB

Letter from Seán Hogan OBE CDir, the former Chair of the TB Strategic Partnership Group

NORTHERN IRELAND 14 October 2026

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Know your slurry, unlock the potential within

With fertiliser costs remaining one of the biggest expenses on Irish farms, there has never been a better time to take a closer look at the hidden value of slurry as a fertiliser.

Know your slurry, unlock the potential within

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