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Home Farm: catching up during a busy week

We are giving the store cattle a fresh paddock every day, and are concentrating on the land that we intend to close up this week for first-cut silage.

VIEWPOINTS 15 April 2026

Home Farm: catching up during a busy week

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Home Farm: manifesting better weather

Home Farm: manifesting better weather

VIEWPOINTS 8 April 2026

MartBids Database: greater bite for heavier cattle

MartBids Database: greater bite for heavier cattle

MARKETS 8 April 2026

Camera at the Mart: great demand for younger heifers in Iveragh

Camera at the Mart: great demand for younger heifers in Iveragh

Camera at the Mart: great demand for younger heifers in Iveragh

MARKETS 1 April 2026

Worrying drop in mart numbers seen in the west

Worrying drop in mart numbers seen in the west

Worrying drop in mart numbers seen in the west

MARKETS 26 March 2026

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Beef prices slashed by €5m

Beef prices slashed by €5m

Adam Woods has the latest on an escalating crisis in the winter finishing sector.

NEWS 2 February 2026

Farmer Writes: what is going on with Ireland’s factory beef price?

Farmer Writes: what is going on with Ireland’s factory beef price?

What makes the situation difficult to understand is that the fall in price is happening at a time when the number of cattle being processed nationally is well back on previous years.

FARMER WRITES 2 February 2026

Home Farm: yellow crops and falling beef prices

Home Farm: yellow crops and falling beef prices

We put the lightest of the store cattle out for a few hours by day in a dry paddock with a full cover of grass.

VIEWPOINTS 2 February 2026

Hopes for NI market to reopen fully in coming weeks

Hopes for NI market to reopen fully in coming weeks

The cross-border livestock trade is deeply integrated and prolonged disruption will benefit absolutely nobody, ICOS has said.

NEWS 2 February 2026

Bluetongue restrictions to NI to be discussed with Department

Bluetongue restrictions to NI to be discussed with Department

Department and stakeholders are to meet on Thursday afternoon to discuss bluetongue movement restrictions.

NEWS 2 February 2026

Martbids Database: averages hold steady across the board

Martbids Database: averages hold steady across the board

Martin Merrick has the latest on where cattle prices are at, with trade steady across the board, with just some stock types seeing a minor slippage in price.

MARKETS 2 February 2026

Beef quotes steady, as mart trade cranks up a gear

Beef quotes steady, as mart trade cranks up a gear

Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including factory quotes for finished cattle.

MARKETS 2 February 2026

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