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The Foyle Food Group accounts for 2025 show that the business managed to recover the higher price paid for cattle from the market.
Watch: the family running six dairy farms in Waterford
Latvian farmer suspected of robotic milking equipment subsidy fraud
Lorry load of straw lost in Leitrim fire
Tipp dairy-beef farm returns €74/hour worked
Relationship status of Irish farmers revealed in national farm survey
Daire Cregg looks at the cost of milk levies to the Irish dairy farmer and what these monies are used to fund.
Suckler farmer profit margins increased by around €400m in 2025, taking it to over €1 billion, Teagasc has estimated.
The EU-wide study, titled 'Support measures for farmers’ income in different member states in the context of inflation and rising production costs', shows Ireland among the worst-affected countries.
The study highlights the Irish farming sector’s strong exposure to global commodity markets, the significance of direct payments and the increasing influence of environmental policy constraints.
Cattle bought last autumn look very expensive given the current prices for finished beef.
The proposal is that the new entity will be called Aurivo Dale Farm co-op
Beef finishers in NI face losses of almost £200 per head this spring as falling factory prices and rising input costs squeeze margins.
What does it take to build and operate a resilient dairy-beef enterprise? Operating as a fully standalone commercial entity, Tipperary Dairy Calf to Beef Demonstration Farm (Ballyvadin Beef Farm Ltd) offers farmers real-world data.