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Camera at the Mart: top of €7,900 for Skibbereen fat stock show and sale

There was no let-up in demand for breeding heifers at Skibbereen Mart's annual fatstock show and sale last week, with up to €11.43/kg paid out in a busy sale, reports Tommy Moyles.

MARKETS 10 December 2025

Camera at the Mart: top of €7,900 for Skibbereen fat stock show and sale

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€350m in BISS, ANC and young farmer funds begin issuing

€350m in BISS, ANC and young farmer funds begin issuing

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Macra urges U-turn on cut to calf weighing payments

Macra urges U-turn on cut to calf weighing payments

NEWS 28 November 2025

Aiming high on yields and water quality on Wexford farm

Aiming high on yields and water quality on Wexford farm

Aiming high on yields and water quality on Wexford farm

NEWS 26 November 2025

Payments to forgotten farmers to issue in December

Payments to forgotten farmers to issue in December

Payments to forgotten farmers to issue in December

SCHEMES 23 November 2025

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Sheep Trends: ICM increases quotes by 10c/kg

Sheep Trends: ICM increases quotes by 10c/kg

The plants in Camolin and Navan are quoting a base of €7.60/kg plus their 20c/kg quality assurance payment.

MARKETS 10 November 2025

Young Farmers' Clubs Five Nations Conference

Young Farmers' Clubs Five Nations Conference

As part of this, Macra’s connections with the 5 Nations are continuing to blossom, with members recently travelling to England to attend the Young Farmers’ Clubs Five Nations Conference.

NEWS 10 November 2025

Lamb bonus payments of 20c to 30c/kg in new Kepak Young Farmers' Group

Lamb bonus payments of 20c to 30c/kg in new Kepak Young Farmers' Group

The new Kepak Young Sheep Farmer Producer Group is open to suppliers under 35 years of age and has been launched in tandem with a young sheep farmer forum report.

NEWS 10 November 2025

Dairy Day: succession woes leave French co-ops cagey on cutting milk prices

Dairy Day: succession woes leave French co-ops cagey on cutting milk prices

Co-ops on the continent appear fearful of dropping milk prices as retirement beckons for many suppliers without successors, Dairy Day heard from a trade expert.

NEWS 10 November 2025

Listen: what to expect at Dairy Day 2025

Listen: what to expect at Dairy Day 2025

Irish Farmers Journal dairy editor Aidan Brennan and dairy specialist Daire Cregg look ahead to this year's Dairy Day in UL.

NEWS 10 November 2025

Progress on plans to cut farm inspections

Progress on plans to cut farm inspections

The package proposes a scrapping of crop diversification requirements, commonly referred to as the two-crop rule, for those farming below 30ha.

NEWS 10 November 2025

Young Stock Podcast: reinventing the haggart and fighting rural isolation

Young Stock Podcast: reinventing the haggart and fighting rural isolation

In this week’s Young Stock Podcast, Noel Bardon chats with Robert Lally, who is taking part in the 'Farmers Haggart' project looking to combat rural isolation, while making farms safer.

NEWS 10 November 2025

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Udder Vital Bolus to support vitality and resilience

Udder Vital Bolus can be used for animals with somatic cell count problems and during the transition period.

Udder Vital Bolus to support vitality and resilience

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