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In pictures: Electric trade for grazing stores in Enniskillen
Kieran Mailey
Grazing stores and weanlings were in high demand at the weekly sale in Enniskillen Mart.
15 May 2024 Markets
Martbids Database: mart trade steadies this week
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s mart trade, including what’s happening in the country’s marts.
15 May 2024 Markets
Camera at the Mart: no sign of weanling trade weakening in Mohill
Shanon Kinahan reports from the weekly weanling sale in Mohill Mart last Wednesday.
Martbids Database: store trade takes a turn
Adam Woods takes a look at this week’s cattle trade and what’s happening around the country’s marts.
8 May 2024 Markets
Progress on beef farmer concerns at ICBF meeting - IFA
Commenting following the third meeting of the ICBF stakeholder group this week, IFA livestock chair Declan Hanrahan said progress is being made on the substantive concerns raised by the IFA.
3 May 2024 News
Camera at the Mart: grass buyers out in force in Ballymote
The final spring weanling sale in Ballymote saw strong farmer activity, with quality being highly sought after.
1 May 2024 Markets
My Farming Week: Colin Kelly, Bealnamulla, Athlone, Roscommon.
Colin farms alongside his father on 40ac in Co Roscommon. They operate a suckler herd, selling weanlings in the mart at 10 months.
1 May 2024 News
Burning beef pellets
There'd be some smell around the place, The Dealer reckons, if the beef pellets were fired up in the stove.
24 April 2024 Dealer
Watch: dry cows hit over €3/kg in Elphin
Adam Woods reports from Monday night's special show and sale of dry cows in Elphin Mart, Co Roscommon.
23 April 2024 Markets
Watch: weanlings make good money in Roscrea
Niamh Murphy reports from last Wednesday’s weanling sale in Central Auctions, Roscrea.
18 April 2024 Markets
Camera at the Mart: organic weanlings hit €4/kg in Elphin
Adam Woods report from Elphin Mart's special organic sale of cattle last Monday night.
10 April 2024 Markets
‘Breeding is a long-term game and we are aiming for a balanced bull’
Adam Woods visits Gigginstown Farm in Westmeath to talk all things Aberdeen Angus with farm manager Joe O’Mahony.
10 April 2024 Beef breeding