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Co-ops coming together, again

With Aurivo and Dale Farm contemplating co-habitation, is this the era of dairy co-op consolidation?

DEALER 25 February 2026

Co-ops coming together, again

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Will the State be in the running for massive Wicklow hill farm?

Will the State be in the running for massive Wicklow hill farm?

DEALER 25 February 2026

Water shortages

Water shortages

DEALER 25 February 2026

Women wanted for western organic committee

Women wanted for western organic committee

Women wanted for western organic committee

DEALER 25 February 2026

Feathers ruffled in the southwest over North Cork Creameries deal

Feathers ruffled in the southwest over North Cork Creameries deal

Feathers ruffled in the southwest over North Cork Creameries deal

DEALER 25 February 2026

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Big win for Ballyhaise

Big win for Ballyhaise

Seven colleges took part in a full day of practical and skills-based competitions at the Teagasc ag colleges day.

DEALER 18 February 2026

Fertiliser bag recycling is nothing new

Fertiliser bag recycling is nothing new

After reading about increased levels of fertiliser bag recycling, the Dealer received some correspondence from a farmer who discovered how the bags were reused in the 1960s.

DEALER 18 February 2026

Martin and Parlon alongside pitchside

Martin and Parlon alongside pitchside

I'd love to have been a fly on the wall when the Taoiseach sat beside his former Government colleague at a football match on Sunday.

DEALER 18 February 2026

Harte appointed chair of DII

Harte appointed chair of DII

Harte was appointed CEO of Dairygold in July 2024 and has been with the company since 1989.

NEWS 18 February 2026

A lovely loilíoch

A lovely loilíoch

Are there any words that you use on the farm at home that are Irish or stem from the Irish language?

NEWS 18 February 2026

Are farmers entitled to change?

Are farmers entitled to change?

Entitlements were created at the beginning of the century, have they outlived their usefulness?

DEALER 18 February 2026

Bluetongue gone wireless

Bluetongue gone wireless

Had the bluetongue began spreading wirelessly, the Dealer wondered this week – keeping an ear to the goings on in Dáil Éireann.

DEALER 18 February 2026

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UK continues as Ireland’s main export market for food and drink.

Conor O’Sullivan, a business with Chinese graduate from UCC, has taken up the challenge of representing Irish food and drink in the UK after 13 years in China.

UK continues as Ireland’s main export market for food and drink.

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