LATEST ARTICLES
Sheep
Sheep price update: pressure remains on hogget price
Darren Carty
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.
7 May 2025 Markets
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.
15 January 2025 Markets
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.
Sheep Trends: prices jump to €8.30/kg to €8.50/kg
Throughput increased marginally by 1,487 head, but remains a massive 18,613 head below the corresponding week in 2023.
4 December 2024 Markets
Kerry deal allows shareholders to regain control
Kerry proposal releases value and includes rewards for shareholders who have been patient for many years. Vote yes, writes Joe Gill.
4 December 2024 Opinion
Editorial: is the suckler game back in focus?
Cow price is one thing, but weanling price is an even better gauge of where the suckler game is.
30 October 2024 Viewpoints
Dairygold September milk price goes up
Dairygold has become the latest co-op to increase its price for milk supplied last month after rises at Lakeland Dairies and Kerry Dairy Ireland.
17 October 2024 News
Government support for 27 wind and solar farms
27 wind and solar farms have been successful in the latest round of the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme and will receive support for 15 years.
11 September 2024 News
Green diesel prices float around €1.02/litre
Prices quoted for green diesel across the country including the recently added excise duty are floating around €1.02/l.
7 August 2024 News
Farmers rocked as lamb prices fall by €10/hd
Prices have now fallen by approximately €1.80/kg over the last four weeks, with the value of a finished lamb falling from €35 to €40/head.
10 July 2024 Markets
Grain Trends: more positive US yields affecting prices
The US wheat harvest is progressing quicker than usual. Over 60% of both corn and soybean crops are reported to be in good or excellent condition.
10 July 2024 Markets
Succession 'doomed' unless farm is viable
The agri-consultant also called for more research into the “economic price” that could be justified for land purchases and land rental.
10 July 2024 News