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Bike shed reference costs
The Dealer
If only the OPW had been able to reclaim the VAT, it could have made a bit of a saving on its new bike shed.
4 September 2024 Dealer
Cooley hoggets hold out for the sun
The Cooley Sheep Breeders Association upcoming show and sale is bucking the 2024 trend of lower entries with this year’s sale entry up by 400 to 500 head.
4 September 2024 News
Marty to party with young farmers
The final of the 26th FBD Young Farmer of the Year will take place on Tuesday 10 September in the Heritage Hotel, Laois.
Belties back in Ballymena
The Dealer sees that Beltie cattle are making a return to Ballymena Mart this weekend.
4 September 2024 Markets
US clampdown on lab-grown meat
The governor of the state of Nebraska Jim Pillen signed an order creating strict guidelines when it comes to state agencies and its contractors from obtaining lab-grown meat.
4 September 2024 Dealer
No Oasis in the CAP desert for farmers
Any change in the CAP's focus is doomed unless the budget recognises the economic truth of food production in the 2020s.
4 September 2024 Dealer
Pastures new for Department’s Hayes
The official spent 15 years in various roles in Ag House, with his tenure seeing him in key positions on forestry, as well as dairy and beef policy.
28 August 2024 Dealer
Man City’s got milk
Top Premier League player Erling Haaland has an interesting pre-match snack.
28 August 2024 Dealer
Here's hoping we don't see storms Tilly or Wren
The most recent storm buried the garden furniture into the beech hedge and sent the trampoline on a tour of the townland.
28 August 2024 Dealer
Department finally hits planting target pace
Challenges remain for the sector, with actual planting levels 10% back on 2023 levels.
28 August 2024 Dealer
Are property rights being slowly eroded?
Cooley farmers are taking to the roads in opposition to a proposed greenway. The concerns they are raising are shared across the country, it seems.
28 August 2024 Dealer
Happy birthday to the good old CSO
The Central Statistics Office has certainly provided excellent service to the State over the last three generations.
28 August 2024 Dealer