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Sheep price update: lambs unchanged at €9/kg opening offers

Groups and regular sellers are being paid €9.10/kg, while at the top end of the market, lower numbers are trading at €9.20/kg.

MARKETS 20 July 2026
Sheep price update: lambs unchanged at €9/kg opening offers
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Watch: the family running six dairy farms in Waterford
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Roadside ragwort: who has a duty to control it?
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Falling weanling prices expected to wipe €5,000 off suckler incomes
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Relationship status of Irish farmers revealed in national farm survey
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Further EU cattle declines to keep high floor under beef prices
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Editorial: uncertain future for sheep farming

Throughput of lambs and hoggets is still down over 80,000 head in the first six months of this year.

by Adam Woods
Editorial: uncertain future for sheep farming
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Schuitemaker introduces two compact forage wagons

Schuitemaker, the Dutch forage wagon manufacturer, has expanded its Rapide forage wagon range with the addition of two new compact models, the Rapide 6 and Rapide 8.

NEWS 16 July 2026
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Torn between two residential farms in Breffni county

Two residential smallholdings on the same road offer the luxury of choice to farmers in Bawnboy, Co Cavan.
FOR SALE 15 July 2026
Torn between two residential farms in Breffni county
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1 Watch: the family running six dairy farms in Waterford

Watch: the family running six dairy farms in Waterford
2 Roadside ragwort: who has a duty to control it?

Roadside ragwort: who has a duty to control it?
3 Falling weanling prices expected to wipe €5,000 off suckler incomes

Falling weanling prices expected to wipe €5,000 off suckler incomes
4 Relationship status of Irish farmers revealed in national farm survey

Relationship status of Irish farmers revealed in national farm survey
5 Further EU cattle declines to keep high floor under beef prices

Further EU cattle declines to keep high floor under beef prices

 

6 Lorry load of straw lost in Leitrim fire

Lorry load of straw lost in Leitrim fire
7 Tipp dairy-beef farm returns €74/hour worked

Tipp dairy-beef farm returns €74/hour worked
8 €2m price tag for island farm with a difference

€2m price tag for island farm with a difference
9 Dairy farm incomes to almost halve amid cost-price squeeze

Dairy farm incomes to almost halve amid cost-price squeeze
10 The Grass Week: further lack of rain spells trouble for some

The Grass Week: further lack of rain spells trouble for some