Tommy Moyles

tmoyles@farmersjournal.ie

Camera at the Mart: significant price lift in Skibbereen weanling sale

Shippers have dominated much of the weanling trade until now, but there appears to be more farmer buyers entering the fray. That was the case in Skibbereen Mart on Friday last.

MARKETS 29 September 2026

Camera at the Mart: significant price lift in Skibbereen weanling sale

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Commercial Hereford sale rounds out busy week for Newport Mart

Commercial Hereford sale rounds out busy week for Newport Mart

MARKETS 29 September 2026

Call for coupling of CAP payments at Cork meeting

Call for coupling of CAP payments at Cork meeting

EU 23 September 2026

Hedge-cutting season: the counties issuing the most notices to landowners

Hedge-cutting season: the counties issuing the most notices to landowners

Hedge-cutting season: the counties issuing the most notices to landowners

NEWS 23 September 2026

Camera at the Mart: store prices continue to lift in Bandon

Camera at the Mart: store prices continue to lift in Bandon

Camera at the Mart: store prices continue to lift in Bandon

MARKETS 22 September 2026

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Store lamb prices benefit from drought recovery

Store lamb prices benefit from drought recovery

Prices for store lambs in the south west have picked up as buyers from the east of the country are returning as grass growth improves following the recent drought. Tommy Moyles reports.

NEWS 9 September 2026

Farmer Writes: doors to another world

Farmer Writes: doors to another world

Sometimes in farming life goes slow but as Tommy Moyles recalls it can fly by in an instant too.

FARMER WRITES 9 September 2026

Camera at the Mart: Charolais and Limousin double-act dominate in Kilfenora

Camera at the Mart: Charolais and Limousin double-act dominate in Kilfenora

Charolais- and Limousin-crosses almost had the yard in Kilfenora Mart all to themselves at the annual bull weanling show and sale in the north Clare venue.

MARKETS 9 September 2026

Camera at the Mart: buyer demand results in 100% Kanturk weanling clearance

Camera at the Mart: buyer demand results in 100% Kanturk weanling clearance

Appetite for weanlings – whether they are from the suckler herd or bucket-reared – proved strong in Kanturk Mart for the Co Cork mart's monthly evening weanling sale.

MARKETS 9 September 2026

Camera at the Mart: factory demand drives fat stock prices in Castleisland

Camera at the Mart: factory demand drives fat stock prices in Castleisland

Factories appear eager for stock at present and that led to a positive trade in Castleisland Mart on Wednesday last for the Co Kerry mart's annual fat stock show and sale. Tommy Moyles reports.

MARKETS 9 September 2026

Extra buyers lift store lamb trade in Macroom

Extra buyers lift store lamb trade in Macroom

There was a nice bounce in lamb prices at Macroom Mart where the impact of buyers from the southeast returning to the ringside increased competition for lambs. Tommy Moyles reports.

MARKETS 9 September 2026

Dairy calf to beef system delivers in west Cork

Dairy calf to beef system delivers in west Cork

Attention to detail when it comes to calf rearing has delivered a net margin of over €2,600/ha to one Cork dairy-calf farmer. Tommy Moyles reports.

GRASS & FEEDING 9 September 2026

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