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Champion Aberdeen Angus herd offers top females for sale

Taking place online through MartEye over the August Bank Holiday is the Mercury Matrons Aberdeen Angus Sale.

PEDIGREE 22 July 2026

Champion Aberdeen Angus herd offers top females for sale

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All-Ireland Young Shepherd and Shepherdess finalists

All-Ireland Young Shepherd and Shepherdess finalists

PEDIGREE 22 July 2026

Whitehall Wonders Limousin sale averages €8,380

Whitehall Wonders Limousin sale averages €8,380

PEDIGREE 21 July 2026

Champion title and top price for Galway-bred Beltex

Champion title and top price for Galway-bred Beltex

Champion title and top price for Galway-bred Beltex

PEDIGREE 21 July 2026

Record price of £55,000 for Suffolk ram lamb

Record price of £55,000 for Suffolk ram lamb

Record price of £55,000 for Suffolk ram lamb

PEDIGREE 20 July 2026

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Irish buyers dig deep in Summer Select Texel sale

Irish buyers dig deep in Summer Select Texel sale

There was a scorching hot trade for Texel females in the Summer Select sale held over the weekend, Nevan McKiernan reports.

PEDIGREE 14 July 2026

NI-bred heifer wins at Highland Show

NI-bred heifer wins at Highland Show

Claiming the supreme champion Salers at this year's Royal Highland Show in Scotland was a heifer bred in Northern Ireland.

PEDIGREE 14 July 2026

Excitement builds ahead of sheep extravaganza

Excitement builds ahead of sheep extravaganza

The exclusive extravaganza sheep sale returns on Friday evening to Ballyjamesduff Mart.

PEDIGREE 14 July 2026

Questions and answers with the ICBF

Questions and answers with the ICBF

Nevan McKiernan sat down with the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation recently to discuss the upcoming changes to the beef indexes and what they mean for breeders.

PEDIGREE 14 July 2026

Ensure rams are ready for early lamb production

Ensure rams are ready for early lamb production

The hot weather of recent times could have negative short-term implications on ram fertility.

SHEEP BREEDING 14 July 2026

Cork show cow makes Irish history with first EX97 score in almost 30 years

Cork show cow makes Irish history with first EX97 score in almost 30 years

The dairy cow Eedy Doorman Fame cemented her name into the history books recently, when she was awarded the exceptional classification score of EX97.

PEDIGREE 14 July 2026

Jaguar pounces to take national Texel title

Jaguar pounces to take national Texel title

The 2026 Growvite National Texel Championships took place at Dungarvan Show on Sunday 12 July, Nevan McKiernan reports.

PEDIGREE 14 July 2026

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Measuring carbon is the new frontier for Irish tillage farming

Tom Barry, tillage farmer: ‘I farm in Killavullen, north Cork, and I’ve been farming here since 1995’.

Measuring carbon is the new frontier for Irish tillage farming

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