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Calf prices expected to hold into spring 2026

Following an exceptional year for calf prices, Tommy Moyles chats to some mart managers to gauge their thoughts on where trade will be for calves in 2026.

MARKETS 31 December 2025

Calf prices expected to hold into spring 2026

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December calf prices doubled on 2024 - ICBF

December calf prices doubled on 2024 - ICBF

NEWS 10 December 2025

Farmer Writes: always learning on the farm

Farmer Writes: always learning on the farm

FARMER WRITES 20 August 2025

Nature friendly livestock farming in Fermanagh

Nature friendly livestock farming in Fermanagh

Nature friendly livestock farming in Fermanagh

NORTHERN IRELAND 6 August 2025

Calf price a concern in Cavan

Calf price a concern in Cavan

Calf price a concern in Cavan

BREEDING & HEALTH 16 July 2025

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My Farming Week: Gerry, Anne and Cian Beirne, Strokestown, Co Roscommon

My Farming Week: Gerry, Anne and Cian Beirne, Strokestown, Co Roscommon

On this edition of My Farming Week, we spoke to Gerry, Anne and Cian Beirne, who run a suckler and beef farm in partnership in Co Roscommon.

NEWS 11 June 2025

Dairy beef doing the business in Donegal

Dairy beef doing the business in Donegal

The Peoples' family farm, just outside Carrigans in Co Donegal, recently held a Teagasc/Animal Health Ireland walk.

BREEDING & HEALTH 11 June 2025

Booming calf trade as demand holds firm

Booming calf trade as demand holds firm

Exports of calves to continental Europe remains well ahead of the last two years, according to Bord Bia figures. This demand is underpinning the trade for all 2025-born stock.

NEWS 11 June 2025

Next-generation breeding for dairy and beef

Next-generation breeding for dairy and beef

Teagasc researchers Donagh Berry, Cliona Ryan and Stephen Butler look at dairy genetics while Nicky Byrne, Chloe Milar and Alan Dillon look at beef breeding programmes

MOOREPARK 11 June 2025

AgriSearch farm walk on GrassCheck playing key role in farm profitability

AgriSearch farm walk on GrassCheck playing key role in farm profitability

AgriSearch to hold farm walk at James Henderson's Kilkeel beef and sheep farm on Thursday 26 June.

NORTHERN IRELAND 11 June 2025

Average calf prices up to triple last year's value

Average calf prices up to triple last year's value

Average calf prices collated from ICBF mart data shows that prices hit new heights in an extraordinary spring for calves, as late season export demand drove the trade upwards.

MARKETS 11 June 2025

No one could have predicted what would unfold in 2025 calf trade

No one could have predicted what would unfold in 2025 calf trade

The 2025 calf trade will be remembered as one where the script was thrown out as it took on a life of its own. Farmers drove on prices early on with exporters taking over the trade in April and May.

MARKETS 11 June 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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