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Australian farmers flock to wool or shedding sheep

Farmers want either a shedding breed to avoid rising shearing costs altogether or the finer-wooled Merino to pay the costs back.

FEATURE 7 January 2026

Australian farmers flock to wool or shedding sheep

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Comment: Mercosur didn’t go out with the old year

Comment: Mercosur didn’t go out with the old year

NEWS 4 January 2026

China sets beef import quotas for next three years

China sets beef import quotas for next three years

NEWS 1 January 2026

USDA forecast suggests less beef globally in 2026

USDA forecast suggests less beef globally in 2026

USDA forecast suggests less beef globally in 2026

NEWS 31 December 2025

Australian breed societies announce in-house genetic evaluation platforms

Australian breed societies announce in-house genetic evaluation platforms

Australian breed societies announce in-house genetic evaluation platforms

PEDIGREE 29 December 2025

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25kg carcase weights helping to bolster Australian sheep production

25kg carcase weights helping to bolster Australian sheep production

Continued growth in the US market, where there is a preference for larger carcases / cuts, and an increase in feedlot-type finishing systems is driving average carcase weights to new heights.

NEWS 10 December 2025

Australia’s top 10 market trends for 2025

Australia’s top 10 market trends for 2025

Australia's top 10 market trends for 2025 share some similarities with Ireland, but there are lots of differences too.

NEWS 10 December 2025

Wexford farmer rises to the top of the Australian working dog trial world

Wexford farmer rises to the top of the Australian working dog trial world

Craanford native Aoidh Doyle juggled a shearing business, a 1,500ac farm and a growing family, on his way to winning Australia’s top working dog titles.

FEATURE 10 December 2025

TB is entangled in culture, history and social realities

TB is entangled in culture, history and social realities

Personal experience and that of fellow-farmers encountered when he was Macra president, drove Nuffield Ireland scholar John Keane to research solutions to the problem of TB prevalence in Ireland.

OPINION 10 December 2025

Putting down rural roots in Ireland is Oz-some

Putting down rural roots in Ireland is Oz-some

Since moving to Ireland, Alison Murphy has been setting up Síle Farm and Nursery and is planning to open a farm shop next year.

CAREERS 10 December 2025

Food price index falls for third month in a row

Food price index falls for third month in a row

Slide in dairy, pig and poultry meat prices mean that the food price index fell again in November.

NEWS 10 December 2025

A political colt-and-bull story

A political colt-and-bull story

An Australian politician got a bit of a land recently. While showing off his snake enclosure on pet-cam, he got more than he bargained for.

DEALER 10 December 2025

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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