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Everything you need to know before you go

Make the most of your day at the National Ploughing Championships, with these top tips.

NEWS 14 September 2026

Everything you need to know before you go

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Grass growth bounces back with rates over 60kg DM/ha

Grass growth bounces back with rates over 60kg DM/ha

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Watch: drive around the Ploughing 2026 site

Watch: drive around the Ploughing 2026 site

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Listen: preview of Ploughing 2026

Listen: preview of Ploughing 2026

Listen: preview of Ploughing 2026

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Just one in four consumers say buying Irish influences fresh produce choice

Just one in four consumers say buying Irish influences fresh produce choice

Just one in four consumers say buying Irish influences fresh produce choice

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South of Ireland Bluefaced Leicester Premier Sale records solid trade

South of Ireland Bluefaced Leicester Premier Sale records solid trade

The South of Ireland Bluefaced Leicester Premier Sale saw a solid trade with a clearance rate of 75%, writes Lucy Christie.

PEDIGREE 14 September 2026

HSA to highlight safety through virtual reality experience at Ploughing

HSA to highlight safety through virtual reality experience at Ploughing

Interactive dramatisation and a virtual reality experience will help visitors to the HSA stand to recognise the risks from unstable bales and farm machinery.

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On-farm milk revenues collapse by €615m - ICMSA

On-farm milk revenues collapse by €615m - ICMSA

The ICMSA forecasts that dairy incomes could nosedive by a whopping €1bn for the year as a whole.

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Watch: Ploughing 2026 visitors warned not to follow their satnav

Watch: Ploughing 2026 visitors warned not to follow their satnav

Assistant managing director of the National Ploughing Association PJ Lynam talks about his own involvement, traffic plans and what people can expect for Ploughing 2026.

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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.

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Call for higher Irish grain requirement in whiskey as US tariffs to end

Call for higher Irish grain requirement in whiskey as US tariffs to end

Tillage farmers are seeking higher requirements for Irish grain to be used in Irish whiskey as US tariffs are to be removed.

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‘Huge’ resources put into bluetongue vigilance - Minister

‘Huge’ resources put into bluetongue vigilance - Minister

Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon encouraged all farmers to look at vaccination options.

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Additive essential in dry maize crops to safeguard every tonne

Dwindling forage stocks due to the drought and high dry matter maize crops, mean using an additive on maize silage is essential, believes Amanda Clements, technical business manager for Volac.

Additive essential in dry maize crops to safeguard every tonne

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