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Major Aussie retailer rows in to help farmers

The price of urea has more than doubled and is now costing farmers up to AS$1,800/t.

NEWS 27 April 2026

Major Aussie retailer rows in to help farmers

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Milk supplies tracking close to 2025 record levels

Milk supplies tracking close to 2025 record levels

NEWS 22 April 2026

PO group tells Kerry farmers to reject contracts

PO group tells Kerry farmers to reject contracts

NEWS 22 April 2026

High fertiliser prices to last into the back end – Rabobank

High fertiliser prices to last into the back end – Rabobank

High fertiliser prices to last into the back end – Rabobank

NEWS 22 April 2026

ICOS and Department to meet on TB mart rules

ICOS and Department to meet on TB mart rules

ICOS and Department to meet on TB mart rules

NEWS 22 April 2026

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Opinion: Varadkar's provocative pronouncements are both worrying and revealing

Opinion: Varadkar's provocative pronouncements are both worrying and revealing

Declan O'Brien suggests the former taoiseach's assertion that farming 'bring costs on Ireland' is deliberately divisive and could best be described as pure raiméis.

OPINION 12 April 2026

Heavy April rains hammer the west

Heavy April rains hammer the west

The forecast upturn in the weather can't come soon enough for farmers battling poor grass growth, desperate ground conditions and tightening fodder supplies.

NEWS 12 April 2026

Work begins on definition of a contractor

Work begins on definition of a contractor

Contractors waiting on final details of the Government’s Temporary Energy Support Scheme. Declan O’Brien and Pat O’Toole write

NEWS 12 April 2026

Poor weather results in decrease in fertiliser usage

Poor weather results in decrease in fertiliser usage

Prices are generally unchanged despite the uncertain situation on global markets.

NEWS 12 April 2026

Some mart confusion around new TB rules

Some mart confusion around new TB rules

Aurivo's Stephen Hannon claimed that cows numbers are back around 20% as a result of uncertainty around the new TB rules.

NEWS 12 April 2026

Flatter trade for dairy stock this spring

Flatter trade for dairy stock this spring

Mart managers report plenty of buyers for dairy replacement animals, but there is an absence of fire in the sales.

NEWS 12 April 2026

Gulf conflict continues to cause fertiliser chaos

Gulf conflict continues to cause fertiliser chaos

The latest impact of the hostilities is a proposal from the world’s largest producer of phosphates to cut production of DAP over the coming weeks.

NEWS 12 April 2026

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