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Beef price boom of 2025 sees suckler farmers clear debt

New Teagasc national farm survey data for 2025 shows that the increase in cattle prices led to farmers clearing debt.

NEWS 7 July 2026

Beef price boom of 2025 sees suckler farmers clear debt

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ICSA hits out at ICMSA call for 1LU/ha minimum for payments

ICSA hits out at ICMSA call for 1LU/ha minimum for payments

NEWS 14 May 2026

Shots fired in active farmer CAP debate

Shots fired in active farmer CAP debate

NEWS 13 May 2026

ICSA sounds alarm on Commission's CAP thinking with part-time farmers

ICSA sounds alarm on Commission's CAP thinking with part-time farmers

ICSA sounds alarm on Commission's CAP thinking with part-time farmers

NEWS 1 May 2026

Beef management: managing grass, worming and weaning dairy beef calves

Beef management: managing grass, worming and weaning dairy beef calves

Beef management: managing grass, worming and weaning dairy beef calves

MANAGEMENT 29 April 2026

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Growing grass with wire: how best to introduce paddocks for drystock farms

Growing grass with wire: how best to introduce paddocks for drystock farms

Martin Merrick outlines some key steps to establishing a paddock system to a drystock farm

INFRASTRUCTURE 24 December 2025

Why TAMS solar changes eliminate drystock and tillage farms

Why TAMS solar changes eliminate drystock and tillage farms

The move by the department to exclude farmhouses from the scheme effectively rules out most drystock and tillage farms from solar grants.

RENEWABLES 24 December 2025

Drystock and tillage incomes converging

Drystock and tillage incomes converging

Drystock and tillage incomes have converged according to Teagasc, but Irish farmers get more output for their inputs.

NEWS 24 December 2025

2026 trading bonuses announced for Tirlán tillage and drystock suppliers

2026 trading bonuses announced for Tirlán tillage and drystock suppliers

The co-op has changed its grain trading bonus structure, with fertiliser and other tillage inputs now assessed separately.

NEWS 24 December 2025

Farmer Writes: looking back on 2025, a year to remember

Farmer Writes: looking back on 2025, a year to remember

Beef and sheep farmer James Strain takes a look back at a bumper 2025 for drystock.

FARMER WRITES 24 December 2025

There's never been a better time to invest

There's never been a better time to invest

Martin Merrick details why he believes it’s never been a better or more necessary time to invest in animal handling facilities.

FARM BUILDINGS 24 December 2025

Rolls Royce handling setup for Mayo drystock farmer

Rolls Royce handling setup for Mayo drystock farmer

Martin Merick details an impressive new build, slatted shed, kitted out with a bespoke handling unit.

FARM BUILDINGS 24 December 2025

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Take a ‘trip down memory lane’ at Sligo Folk Park along the Wild Atlantic Way

This heritage tourist attraction nestled in the heart of rural Sligo is a fun-filled day out for all the family, showcasing life as it would have been in the late-1800s to the mid-1900s.

Take a ‘trip down memory lane’ at Sligo Folk Park along the Wild Atlantic Way

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