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Mayo cattle dealer loses High Court case over mart credit dispute
Rachel Donovan
Mayo cattle dealer Finbar Tolan from Claremorris was stopped from buying cows at Balla Mart in 2012 following concerns that he was overtrading on mart credit.
15 March 2025 News
Hungarian foot-and-mouth case not linked to cattle movements
It has now been just over a week since Hungary declared its first case of the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease in 50 years.
12 March 2025 News
Coughlan defends ICBF performance in Wexford
The lack of quality beef cattle is due to the drop in suckler cow numbers, not the SCEP star system, Sean Coughlan told Wexford farmers
Grass+ Dairy: sluggish grass growth could lead to trouble
Regrowths on the first grazed paddocks are very lack lustre, and could spell trouble when it comes to the second round, write Thomas Condon.
12 March 2025 Grass & feeding
A Farmer Writes: generational renewal a continuous issue
Suckler numbers continue to fall and there's no sign of that coming to an end in the near future.
5 March 2025 Farmer Writes
Stocking rate limits on milking platform on table
A new maximum stocking rate on the milking platform is expected from the nitrates expert group.
5 March 2025 News
Northern View: prices paid still on an upward path
There is still upward momentum in the beef trade in NI, with prices up another 10p/kg.
5 March 2025 Northern Ireland
Upset over change to ICBF ratings
"We were stunned, angry and I felt so annoyed and upset at the financial situation he found himself in." - Margaret Lehane, Kanturk, Co Cork
26 February 2025 Letters
Trip home to NI allows comparison to NZ dairy
Zac Elkin from Craigantlet in Co Down, is currently managing a dairy farm in Canterbury, New Zealand.
26 February 2025 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: developing less tolerance for misery
Calving time has evolved over the years on Tommy Moyles' farm at Ardfiled, Clonakilty. It's just got underway, but there's less misery involved in it than before.
19 February 2025 Farmer Writes
Northern View: base cattle quotes up another 10p/kg
It is another week of significant price increases for NI beef, with starting prices around the 570p/kg mark.
12 February 2025 Northern Ireland
It’s better that Bóthar owns its history, the good and the bad - CEO
Áilish O'Reilly is the interim ceo of Bóthar, taking on the task of rebuilding a charity project that sent thousands of in-calf heifers to communities in need, before financial scandal struck.
12 February 2025 News