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Grain Trends: highs and lows of the tillage year

Here’s a look at the high and low prices of the year and some of the things that affected prices this season.

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Grain Trends: highs and lows of the tillage year

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Dairy Trends: new year and new hopes for dairy recovery

Dairy Trends: new year and new hopes for dairy recovery

MARKETS 31 December 2025

Martbids Analysis: Belgian Blue claims title in the weanling ring

Martbids Analysis: Belgian Blue claims title in the weanling ring

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Sheep Trends: no new year bells for sheep prices

Sheep Trends: no new year bells for sheep prices

Sheep Trends: no new year bells for sheep prices

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Beef Trends: 2025 a good year for beef finishers

Beef Trends: 2025 a good year for beef finishers

Beef Trends: 2025 a good year for beef finishers

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USDA forecast suggests less beef globally in 2026

USDA forecast suggests less beef globally in 2026

As we prepare to ring in the new year, USDA forecasts that beef supply will remain tight in 2026, so maintaining consumer demand will be the key to a happy new year for beef producers.

NEWS 30 December 2025

Camera at the Mart: less bite for weanlings in Cashel

Camera at the Mart: less bite for weanlings in Cashel

A relatively low clearance rate highlighted buyers unwilling to pay more to secure numbers in Cashel Mart on Saturday 20 December.

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Calf prices expected to hold into spring 2026

Calf prices expected to hold into spring 2026

Following an exceptional year for calf prices, Tommy Moyles chats to some mart managers to gauge their thoughts on where trade will be for calves in 2026.

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Weanling prices surge by €1,000/hd

Weanling prices surge by €1,000/hd

Adam Woods reveals by how much the weanling trade finished up in 2025.

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Weanling exports fall by 28% in 2025

Weanling exports fall by 28% in 2025

Adam Woods has the latest on the 2025 mart trade, including a live export update for the year.

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Ambitious plans at the Agri-Food Regulator

Ambitious plans at the Agri-Food Regulator

Niamh Lenehan, the Agri-Food Regulator CEO, reflects on the office’s progress over its first two years, and future ambitions.

NEWS 30 December 2025

Falling trends in sheep production in 2026

Falling trends in sheep production in 2026

Production is forecast to continue to decline in several important sheep producing areas including the UK, continental Europe, Australia and New Zealand

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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