Amanda O'Brien

AI serves track close to 2025 levels after slow start

ICBF figures show that handheld AI serves up to last Friday, May 22, were 10,770 back on 2025 and totalled 636,024.

NEWS 28 May 2026

AI serves track close to 2025 levels after slow start

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Just one application approved for windblow supports

Just one application approved for windblow supports

NEWS 27 May 2026

‘Door has not been closed on solar’ – farmers told

‘Door has not been closed on solar’ – farmers told

NEWS 27 May 2026

National Genotyping Programme tops the 1m-cow mark

National Genotyping Programme tops the 1m-cow mark

National Genotyping Programme tops the 1m-cow mark

NEWS 27 May 2026

Forestry payments to farmers collapse by €7.3m on 2023

Forestry payments to farmers collapse by €7.3m on 2023

Forestry payments to farmers collapse by €7.3m on 2023

NEWS 27 May 2026

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Warning that active farmer changes will bolster corporate forestry investors

Warning that active farmer changes will bolster corporate forestry investors

Non-farmers and other applicants secured 54% of actual planting payments in 2025 and 50% in 2026.

NEWS 18 May 2026

Collapse in the number of trees being planted

Collapse in the number of trees being planted

The progress and momentum made in expanding overall afforestation levels in 2025 risked being squandered this year.

NEWS 18 May 2026

Surge in cattle prices delivers economic windfall of up to €800m

Surge in cattle prices delivers economic windfall of up to €800m

Suckler farmer profit margins increased by around €400m in 2025, taking it to over €1 billion, Teagasc has estimated.

NEWS 18 May 2026

Growing suckler numbers by 30% in south Kilkenny

Growing suckler numbers by 30% in south Kilkenny

Ballyhale farmer Jimmy Madigan is confident in the future for sucklers and has no issues with investing to expand cow numbers.

NEWS 18 May 2026

Updated: TB compensation for contract-reared heifers

Updated: TB compensation for contract-reared heifers

The Department also confirmed that contract-reared heifers that are involved in a TB breakdown but test negative, will be allowed to return to their 'home herd'.

NEWS 18 May 2026

Number of first-time suckler calvers is up 9%

Number of first-time suckler calvers is up 9%

The hike in the numbers of first-time calving beef heifers this spring is a reflection of the increased profit and greater positivity around the suckler sector.

NEWS 18 May 2026

IFA calls for immediate CBAM suspension

IFA calls for immediate CBAM suspension

The Commission's Fertiliser Action Plan will do 'absolutely nothing' to address either the availability or price of fertiliser, the IFA claimed.

NEWS 18 May 2026

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