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Sheep prices: Hoggets hit €335 at Carnew Mart

A larger than anticipated entry of ewe hoggets met keen demand while prices paid for slaughter-fit and store lambs were firmer compared to last week’s trade

MARKETS 17 July 2026
Sheep prices: Hoggets hit €335 at Carnew Mart
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Lorry load of straw lost in Leitrim fire
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Hayes family divided as Liam MacCarthy Cup goes on the line
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Tipp dairy-beef farm returns €74/hour worked
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43-acre Dublin farm sells for €1.1m at auction
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Tillage Podcast: harvest report from the midlands as wheat cut in Kildare
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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
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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 Lorry load of straw lost in Leitrim fire

Lorry load of straw lost in Leitrim fire
2 Hayes family divided as Liam MacCarthy Cup goes on the line

Hayes family divided as Liam MacCarthy Cup goes on the line
3 Tipp dairy-beef farm returns €74/hour worked

Tipp dairy-beef farm returns €74/hour worked
4 43-acre Dublin farm sells for €1.1m at auction

43-acre Dublin farm sells for €1.1m at auction
5 Tillage Podcast: harvest report from the midlands as wheat cut in Kildare

Tillage Podcast: harvest report from the midlands as wheat cut in Kildare

 

6 MartBids Database: figures tell different feeling to mood

MartBids Database: figures tell different feeling to mood
7 Latvian farmer suspected of robotic milking equipment subsidy fraud

Latvian farmer suspected of robotic milking equipment subsidy fraud
8 Uisce Éireann delays water shut-off after farmers raise heatwave fears

Uisce Éireann delays water shut-off after farmers raise heatwave fears
9 ICSA calls for investigation into cattle being euthanised on farms

ICSA calls for investigation into cattle being euthanised on farms
10 Ornua casts doubt on second-half lift in milk prices

Ornua casts doubt on second-half lift in milk prices