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Made in Ireland: Offaly firm driving innovation

With agriculture now making up 50% of Applied Concepts’ sales, its managing director Mark Clendennen tells Peter Thomas Keaveney about the business as it enters its 16th year.

FARM MACHINERY 7 January 2026

Made in Ireland: Offaly firm driving innovation

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Year closes with deflated US beef exports

Year closes with deflated US beef exports

NEWS 29 December 2025

Irish oats used for plant-based Baileys

Irish oats used for plant-based Baileys

NEWS 23 December 2025

Beef quotes under pressure as factories drop prices

Beef quotes under pressure as factories drop prices

Beef quotes under pressure as factories drop prices

MARKETS 8 December 2025

Stable outlook for sheepmeat in 2026

Stable outlook for sheepmeat in 2026

Stable outlook for sheepmeat in 2026

MARKETS 26 November 2025

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Beef factories ‘need to restructure to ensure profitability’

Beef factories ‘need to restructure to ensure profitability’

There are "too many beef factories" across Europe, the Teagasc beef conference was told.

NEWS 6 September 2025

China promised much but delivered little for Irish beef

China promised much but delivered little for Irish beef

Irish dairy and pigmeat exports to China have prospered, but beef never really got going.

NEWS 6 September 2025

Belgian Blue weanling producer to host Open Day in Co Laois

Belgian Blue weanling producer to host Open Day in Co Laois

This week Nevan McKiernan spoke to Edward Thompson, a suckler farmer from Co Laois who is hosting an open day on behalf of the Irish Belgian Blue Cattle Society on Wednesday 5 November.

PEDIGREE 6 September 2025

Cracking the organic leakage challenge

Cracking the organic leakage challenge

The five-year OBLIG EIP project has big aims to eliminate leakage and is commencing initiatives to get more cohesion in the supply chain.

NEWS 6 September 2025

Sheep Trends: quotes static at €7.80/kg for lambs

Sheep Trends: quotes static at €7.80/kg for lambs

Opening prices for quality assured lambs remain in the region of €7.80/kg, with demand and supply remaining finely balanced and no pressure on agents to increase prices offered.

MARKETS 6 September 2025

EU beef crash drives Irish export demand

EU beef crash drives Irish export demand

Beef output across the EU has fallen by 8% in the first six months of 2025 compared to the same period last year.

NEWS 6 September 2025

Spanish lamb price overtakes French farmgate returns

Spanish lamb price overtakes French farmgate returns

The Spanish lamb price is running in excess of €9/kg, up 82c/kg on the previous year, and 39c/kg ahead of the French lamb price.

MARKETS 6 September 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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