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Watch: dairy farmers drive demand in Kilkenny bull sale opener

Trade for Angus, Hereford, Limousin and Friesian bulls was upbeat at the first Kilkenny bull sale of the year on Wednesday 18 March, Nevan McKiernan reports.

PEDIGREE 21 March 2026

Watch: dairy farmers drive demand in Kilkenny bull sale opener

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The Grass Week: improved weather and moods as stock go out

The Grass Week: improved weather and moods as stock go out

GRASS & FEEDING 21 March 2026

Camera at the Mart: exceptional demand for weanlings in Gortatlea

Camera at the Mart: exceptional demand for weanlings in Gortatlea

MARKETS 21 March 2026

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

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

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

PODCAST 20 March 2026

Leading US Genetics company teams up with Irish business

Leading US Genetics company teams up with Irish business

Leading US Genetics company teams up with Irish business

PEDIGREE 20 March 2026

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Irish factory prices fall behind export benchmark

Irish factory prices fall behind export benchmark

After outperforming the benchmark price for several months, Irish factory prices now lag behind what is being paid to farmers in our main export markets.

NEWS 18 March 2026

Beef prices slashed by €5m

Beef prices slashed by €5m

Adam Woods has the latest on an escalating crisis in the winter finishing sector.

NEWS 18 March 2026

Prices ease amid peak calf sales

Prices ease amid peak calf sales

Mart managers are reporting that calf numbers are peaking and this increased supply is resulting in an easing of calf prices across the board, writes Tommy Moyles.

NEWS 18 March 2026

Beef Trends: quotes slip again

Beef Trends: quotes slip again

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

MARKETS 18 March 2026

Beef HealthCheck reports – 10 years on

Beef HealthCheck reports – 10 years on

Dr Nataschua Meunier takes a look back at the Beef HealthCheck programme and how it has evolved over the last 10 years.

BREEDING & HEALTH 18 March 2026

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 18 March 2026

Concentrate crude protein rules and excretion rates

Concentrate crude protein rules and excretion rates

The maximum crude protein content of 14% in concentrates fed to grazing animals aged two years and upwards comes into play on 15 April but higher inclusion rates can be sanctioned.

MANAGEMENT 18 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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