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Dairy Trends: a bad ending to a great year

Aidan Brennan looks back at the dairy market for 2025 and says that it will be remembered as a great year for prices, but with a bad back-end.

MARKETS 23 December 2025

Dairy Trends: a bad ending to a great year

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Dairy Trends: GDT auction records another big drop

Dairy Trends: GDT auction records another big drop

MARKETS 17 December 2025

Farm incomes forecast to drop almost 20% in 2026

Farm incomes forecast to drop almost 20% in 2026

NEWS 2 December 2025

Dairygold drops September milk price as it warns further cuts to come

Dairygold drops September milk price as it warns further cuts to come

Dairygold drops September milk price as it warns further cuts to come

NEWS 20 October 2025

Beef quotes see a big bounce

Beef quotes see a big bounce

Beef quotes see a big bounce

MARKETS 8 October 2025

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New wind and solar farm scheme for Northern Ireland

New wind and solar farm scheme for Northern Ireland

RENEWABLES The new scheme is set to kickstart Northern Ireland’s solar farm industry and support the further roll out of new wind farms, writes Stephen Robb

RENEWABLES 15 January 2025

Dairy Trends: another week of falling butter prices

Dairy Trends: another week of falling butter prices

Butter prices continue to a major problem for producers in Europe, as prices seem to be falling like a stone, writes Aidan Brennan.

MARKETS 15 January 2025

Sheep Trends: lambs selling from €8.20/kg to €8.40/kg

Sheep Trends: lambs selling from €8.20/kg to €8.40/kg

There is no change in base quotes for Thursday, with a high percentage of lambs trading within a price of €8.20/kg to €8.40/kg.

MARKETS 15 January 2025

Sheep price update: factories keen for lambs but quotes unchanged

Sheep price update: factories keen for lambs but quotes unchanged

Opening base quotes are in the region of €8.10/kg to €8.20/kg for quality assured lambs, but more sellers with greater negotiating power are securing €8.30/kg to €8.40/kg.

MARKETS 15 January 2025

Sheep price update: pressure remains on hogget price

Sheep price update: pressure remains on hogget price

Factory agents are focused on curtailing hogget prices to €8.50/kg to €8.60/kg, leaving specialist finishers with significant numbers trading into a challenging market.

MARKETS 15 January 2025

Sheep Trends: demand and supply finely balanced

Sheep Trends: demand and supply finely balanced

Spring lamb numbers are slow to increase and remain at 5,605 head out of last week’s kill of 40,857.

MARKETS 15 January 2025

Insatiable demand pushes ewes to €5/kg

Insatiable demand pushes ewes to €5/kg

Factories have ramped up their appetite for ewes and moved to close the gap between live market prices and direct factory sales.

MARKETS 15 January 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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