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Beef
Camera at the Mart: faultless trade at Macroom weanling sale
Tommy Moyles
There was an excellent trade for weanlings from both suckler and dairy backgrounds at the show and sale in Macroom Mart on Saturday last.
30 October 2024 News
Meet Ireland’s only pedigree goat exporter to Poland
We spoke to the only Irish pedigree goat breeder with a health status to export to countries like Germany and Poland ahead of his first transport.
16 October 2024 Northern Ireland
Green light for £57m NI genetics scheme
Participation in the new genetics programme will be a requirement for cattle farmers to claim future support in Northern Ireland.
Tillage podcast: Genetics chat, planting and costs
On this week’s Tillage Podcast we chat to Ty Vaughan, the head of plant biotechnology at Bayer Crop Science.
10 October 2024 Soils
Red and white cows in Wicklow
The Somers' family are milking Montbeliarde cows near Arklow in Co. Wicklow and supply liquid milk to Tirlan
25 September 2024 Milk quality
New entrant promoting the positives in Meath
Rosin and Eoin Corrigan are great ambassadors for the Irish system of grass based dairy farming
25 September 2024 Milk quality
New EasyCare Sheep Ireland group launched
A diverse group of farmers from all over Ireland have come together in response to growing interest in the breed from commercial sheep farmers.
18 September 2024 Pedigree
Promoting the pig industry at the Ploughing
The Irish Pig Society is raising awareness of the pig industry and will be at the Ploughing Championships to answer any questions regarding the enterprise.
14 September 2024 News
Teagasc breeding pedigree bulls for AI
Nevan McKiernan has details of a Teagasc project which aims to breed elite pedigree Aberdeen Angus bulls for the dairy herd.
11 September 2024 Breeding & health
Simmental Society heads into a busy back end
The Irish Simmental Cattle Society are gearing up for what will be a very hectic schedule of events over the next 3 months.
11 September 2024 Pedigree
Keeping the faith in crossbreeding
Reports from the LIC open day at the Breen farm in Emly, Co Tipperary.
4 September 2024 Breeding & health
Editorial: Energy balance numbers revealed
The reality is the leakage of productive land out of the food and farming sector is moving into the energy sector.
4 September 2024 Viewpoints