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My Farming Week: Tom Cox, Strokestown, Co Roscommon

This week Rachel Donovan talks to Tom Cox, a well-known livestock and pedigree sales auctioneer. He also keeps 140 sucklers at home on his farm in Strokestown.

NEWS 28 January 2026

My Farming Week: Tom Cox, Strokestown, Co Roscommon

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My Farming Week: Adam Smyth, Cashel, Carndonagh, Co Donegal

My Farming Week: Adam Smyth, Cashel, Carndonagh, Co Donegal

NEWS 21 January 2026

Camera at the Mart: average price up €405 on 2024 levels at Corrin dairy sale

Camera at the Mart: average price up €405 on 2024 levels at Corrin dairy sale

MARKETS 10 December 2025

31 October deadline looms for SCEP participants

31 October deadline looms for SCEP participants

31 October deadline looms for SCEP participants

SCHEMES 23 October 2025

Supply shortage drives dairy heifer prices

Supply shortage drives dairy heifer prices

Supply shortage drives dairy heifer prices

NEWS 10 September 2025

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Home Farm: workload ramps up ahead of winter

Home Farm: workload ramps up ahead of winter

Looking through the details, the 2025 harvest gave all round decent yields and reasonable bushels at acceptable moistures well below 20%.

VIEWPOINTS 23 April 2025

55% of lambs drafted to date in Tullamore

55% of lambs drafted to date in Tullamore

The average sale price of lambs is running €22/head higher than in 2024.

NEWS 23 April 2025

Focus on breeding and health in 1,350 ewe flock

Focus on breeding and health in 1,350 ewe flock

The McFarlane family attribute a focus on genetics, health and nutrition as underpinning a scanning rate of upwards of 214% in their 1,100 head Mule ewe flock.

SHEEP BREEDING 23 April 2025

Conventional beef prices on par with organic beef

Conventional beef prices on par with organic beef

Chairperson of the Limerick Tipperary Organic farmers group, Robert Barton, described it as 'a time of madness for beef [prices]' which has left many farmers less incentivised to convert to organic.

NEWS 23 April 2025

Dairy herd replacement deficit a ‘serious wake-up call’ - ICOS

Dairy herd replacement deficit a ‘serious wake-up call’ - ICOS

The ICBF data presented to the Department calf welfare shareholder meeting showed that the number of dairy female calf registrations is down 12.5% in 2025 when compared with 2024.

NEWS 23 April 2025

Replacements ‘nowhere near sufficient’ to sustain dairy herd – IFA

Replacements ‘nowhere near sufficient’ to sustain dairy herd – IFA

It comes after the publication of the latest ICBF dairy stock statistics coinciding with the middle of peak breeding season.

NEWS 23 April 2025

My Farming Week: Jim White, Mullinahone, Co Tipperary

My Farming Week: Jim White, Mullinahone, Co Tipperary

Dairy farmer Jim White from south Tipperary is married to Teresa and has four daughters.

NEWS 23 April 2025

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Why this Antrim contractor moved to Amazone ploughs

Ryan Bole is part of J Wilson Contracts in Co Antrim. Available for all kinds of work from slurry to reseeding, sowing to silage, today they are ploughing for potatoes with two Amazone ploughs.

Why this Antrim contractor moved to Amazone ploughs

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