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Pricing fencing and paddock sizes for sheep

Adequate fencing is a basic necessity for sheep farms, to prevent increased labour and headaches, writes Martin Merrick.

SHEEP HANDLING 22 November 2025

Pricing fencing and paddock sizes for sheep

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Updates added to DAFM specs for mobile sheep handling and pig housing

Updates added to DAFM specs for mobile sheep handling and pig housing

BUILDINGS 29 October 2025

Farm fencing costs: can a project be completed under budget?

Farm fencing costs: can a project be completed under budget?

NEWS 17 September 2025

Huge farmer interest in Kepak on-farm event

Huge farmer interest in Kepak on-farm event

Huge farmer interest in Kepak on-farm event

MARKETS 27 August 2025

Composite value of beef carcase is like building a jigsaw

Composite value of beef carcase is like building a jigsaw

Composite value of beef carcase is like building a jigsaw

NEWS 15 June 2025

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Important regulations for farm roadways

Important regulations for farm roadways

As per the Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Watercourses farmers must ensure runoff of soiled water from roadways is directed away from any watercourses.

NITRATES 9 April 2025

New factory beef price tracker

New factory beef price tracker

An explainer of the composite factory hind quarter and forequarter sales prices published by the Agri-Food Regulator.

NEWS 9 April 2025

Equine fencing gets new specifications under TAMS

Equine fencing gets new specifications under TAMS

The new specifications mainly involve the erection of horse mesh fencing.

BUILDINGS 9 April 2025

Key tips to ensure a functioning silage pit this season

Key tips to ensure a functioning silage pit this season

Now is the time to prepare for the impending first-cut silage harvest with regards to pits from a safety and environmental point of view.

BUILDINGS 9 April 2025

Strength and safety key focus for new suckler calving shed

Strength and safety key focus for new suckler calving shed

A newly erected calving shed has farmer safety to the forefront with a well-kitted-out barrier system.

INFRASTRUCTURE 9 April 2025

Farm fencing – to go with or without TAMS aid

Farm fencing – to go with or without TAMS aid

Bovine electric fencing has a reference cost of €2.77/m while sheep fencing has a reference cost of €6.75/m on lowland ground and €8.81/m on mountain terrain.

INFRASTRUCTURE 9 April 2025

Pigs farmer frustration with TAMS scheme

Pigs farmer frustration with TAMS scheme

Pig farmers have called for more practical TAMS III specifications amid low levels of uptake.

PIGS 9 April 2025

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