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EU heading for a trade deal with Australia

EU Commission President and Trade Commissioner are on their way to Australia to close the trade deal that will give Australian dairy, beef and sheepmeat preferential access to the EU market.

NEWS 22 March 2026

EU heading for a trade deal with Australia

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Whiskey consultation to open soon

Whiskey consultation to open soon

NEWS 22 March 2026

Virtual fencing to be considered in any future TAMS review

Virtual fencing to be considered in any future TAMS review

NEWS 22 March 2026

OpenRoof meal store impresses in Dundalk

OpenRoof meal store impresses in Dundalk

OpenRoof meal store impresses in Dundalk

BUILDINGS 21 March 2026

HSA machinery and quad inspections to begin on Monday

HSA machinery and quad inspections to begin on Monday

HSA machinery and quad inspections to begin on Monday

NEWS 21 March 2026

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Forage crops – the costs, benefits and questions to ask

Forage crops – the costs, benefits and questions to ask

In this week’s forage focus we look at costs, benefits and crop choices when it comes to forage crops.

FODDER 21 March 2026

Department warning over lead poisoning in cattle

Department warning over lead poisoning in cattle

Farmers are urged to carefully check their fields and hedgerows for sources of lead such as old car batteries before turning cattle out to pasture and before making silage this spring.

NEWS 21 March 2026

Examining the costs of forage crops

Examining the costs of forage crops

Forage crops are expensive to grow, so it is important to know the costs and have a payment plan in place when growing for someone else.

CROPS 21 March 2026

Watch: dairy farmers drive demand in Kilkenny bull sale opener

Watch: dairy farmers drive demand in Kilkenny bull sale opener

Trade for Angus, Hereford, Limousin and Friesian bulls was upbeat at the first Kilkenny bull sale of the year on Wednesday 18 March, Nevan McKiernan reports.

PEDIGREE 21 March 2026

Agri jobs: dairy farm workers and horticulture operatives in demand

Agri jobs: dairy farm workers and horticulture operatives in demand

This week there are opportunities for dairy farm workers in Cork and Kerry as well as horticulture operatives in Wexford and Donegal.

NEWS 21 March 2026

The Grass Week: improved weather and moods as stock go out

The Grass Week: improved weather and moods as stock go out

Some much-needed reprieve in the weather has been seen in the last few days, which has given farmers the opportunity to get stock out, some for the first time this spring.

GRASS & FEEDING 21 March 2026

Camera at the Mart: exceptional demand for weanlings in Gortatlea

Camera at the Mart: exceptional demand for weanlings in Gortatlea

Whether it was from a suckler or dairy dam, there was serious demand for bull weanlings in Gortatlea Mart on Wednesday evening last. Tommy Moyles reports.

MARKETS 21 March 2026

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Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

Conal Moore an agri contractor and tillage framer from Ballygar Co Galway. “We do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.

Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

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