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Nevan McKiernan
In pictures: recap of 2024 national show champions
Nevan McKiernan looks back at the cattle that won their national breed championships in 2024.
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Adam Woods
Record mart trade for cattle in 2024
Adam Woods
Beef Trends: 2024 quotes finish on a high
Adam Woods
Beef Management: reflecting on 2024, feed costs and completing a profit monitor
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Aidan Brennan
What are the lessons from clover in 2024?
Dairy Trends: butter the star performer in year of two halves
Aidan Brennan looks back at dairy commodity prices over the last year and says that the performance of butter has been noteworthy.
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Sheep Trends: lamb price hits €9/kg before year end
Darren Carty
Sheep Trends: lamb price hits €9/kg before year end
Farmers delivering significant numbers of lambs for Christmas week have received slightly higher prices, with the general run of lambs trading from €8.80/kg to €8.90/kg.
Sheep management: nitrates rules, culling ewes and hill ram DNA samples
Darren Carty
Sheep management: nitrates rules, culling ewes and hill ram DNA samples
From 1 January 2025 farms in Ireland with a grassland stocking rate in excess of 100kg/ha organic nitrogen cannot avail of reduced storage capacity via outwintering sheep.
Rachel Gallagher
Camera at the Mart: lambs sell to €210 in Carnew's final sheep sale
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Adam Woods
Twilight Texels set to shine
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PEDIGREE
In pictures: recap of 2024 national show champions
Nevan McKiernan looks back at the cattle that won their national breed championships in 2024.
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Rachel Gallagher
Pedigree Sheep End of Year-Round Up
Rachel Gallagher
Donegal Dazzlers set to shine over the Christmas holidays
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