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Teagasc signs off on new strategic partnership with private ag colleges

New agreements will see Teagasc provide operational grants and staff resourcing supports to each of the three colleges.

NEWS 16 December 2025

Teagasc signs off on new strategic partnership with private ag colleges

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Two suspected cases of bluetongue on fourth NI farm

Two suspected cases of bluetongue on fourth NI farm

NORTHERN IRELAND 16 December 2025

Man remanded in custody over alleged cattle thefts

Man remanded in custody over alleged cattle thefts

NEWS 16 December 2025

Kerry Dairy Ireland cuts milk price by 3.32c/l as GDT falls

Kerry Dairy Ireland cuts milk price by 3.32c/l as GDT falls

Kerry Dairy Ireland cuts milk price by 3.32c/l as GDT falls

NEWS 16 December 2025

BVD programme delivers economic benefit of €184m annually

BVD programme delivers economic benefit of €184m annually

BVD programme delivers economic benefit of €184m annually

NEWS 16 December 2025

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Agri-Food Regulator granted extra powers to compel pricing data from businesses

Agri-Food Regulator granted extra powers to compel pricing data from businesses

NEWS 16 December 2025

ICOS reiterates demand for CBAM to be postponed

ICOS reiterates demand for CBAM to be postponed

NEWS 16 December 2025

Tillage farmers to receive straw-chopping money this week

Tillage farmers to receive straw-chopping money this week

NEWS 16 December 2025

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MEPs allow Mercosur to jump safeguards hurdle

MEPs allow Mercosur to jump safeguards hurdle

NEWS 16 December 2025

Listen: Growing Minds – episode two, part two

Listen: Growing Minds – episode two, part two

PODCAST 16 December 2025

Rockwell Farm sold to serial investors

Rockwell Farm sold to serial investors

NEWS 16 December 2025

Young Stock Podcast: life as a 22-year-old managing 1,000 cows in Germany

Young Stock Podcast: life as a 22-year-old managing 1,000 cows in Germany

NEWS 16 December 2025

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Special Report

Brazil’s beef bombshell

Adam Woods reports on an Irish Farmers Journal/IFA investigation into the illegal sale of animal medicines in Brazil.

arrow_forward IFA wants EU officials up before Oireachtas to account for Brazilian beef recall

arrow_forward Tánaiste stops short of definitive ‘no’ when pushed on Mercosur stance

arrow_forward Brazilian hormone beef recall leaves Brussels a ‘laughing stock’ – IFA

arrow_forward Editorial: EU recall of Brazilian hormone beef undermines promises

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MART REPORTS »

Sheep mart prices: butchers and wholesalers in driving seat

Sheep mart prices: butchers and wholesalers in driving seat

MARKETS 10 December 2025

Camera at the Mart: wholesalers drive trade in Carnew

Camera at the Mart: wholesalers drive trade in Carnew

MARKETS 10 December 2025

Camera at the Mart: average price up €405 on 2024 levels at Corrin dairy sale

Camera at the Mart: average price up €405 on 2024 levels at Corrin dairy sale

MARKETS 10 December 2025

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VIEWPOINTS »

Dempsey at Large: Teagasc looks to the future

Has our competitive position deteriorated or improved vis-à-vis third countries, such as Russia and Brazil, and what can be done to reverse the erosion of our ability to compete.

by Matt Dempsey

Dempsey at Large: Teagasc looks to the future

Home Farm: rain ruins spraying plans

by Matt Dempsey

Editorial: Teagasc’s budget headache could hit advisory

by Caitríona Morrissey

Editorial: bluetongue outbreak fallout continues

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BEEF »

MEPs allow Mercosur to jump safeguards hurdle

MEPs allow Mercosur to jump safeguards hurdle

NEWS 16 December 2025

Beef quotes remain under pressure

Beef quotes remain under pressure

NORTHERN IRELAND 16 December 2025

Increased membership fees drive surplus at IFA

NEWS 16 December 2025

Glaslough leads premier Hereford heifer sale at €5,900

NEWS 16 December 2025

DAIRY »

Kerry Dairy Ireland cuts milk price by 3.32c/l as GDT falls

Kerry Dairy Ireland cuts milk price by 3.32c/l as GDT falls

NEWS 16 December 2025

Young Stock Podcast: life as a 22-year-old managing 1,000 cows in Germany

Young Stock Podcast: life as a 22-year-old managing 1,000 cows in Germany

NEWS 16 December 2025

Department ramps up bluetongue testing of cattle and sheep

NEWS 15 December 2025

Dairygold cuts November milk price

NEWS 11 December 2025

SHEEP »

Department ramps up bluetongue testing of cattle and sheep

Department ramps up bluetongue testing of cattle and sheep

NEWS 16 December 2025

No repeat of 2024 lamb price increase

No repeat of 2024 lamb price increase

NORTHERN IRELAND 16 December 2025

Sheep mart prices: butchers and wholesalers in driving seat

NEWS 16 December 2025

Sheep Trends: pressure remains on NI trade

NEWS 16 December 2025

TILLAGE »

Choose Irish this Christmas and support Irish tillage and veg farmers

Choose Irish this Christmas and support Irish tillage and veg farmers

NEWS 16 December 2025

Minister Heydon: NGTs will 'equip' Irish farmers to compete in changing world

Minister Heydon: NGTs will 'equip' Irish farmers to compete in changing world

NEWS 14 December 2025

Tillage Podcast: new payment scheme and blight forecasting

NEWS 11 December 2025

Grain Trends: big supplies keep prices from jumping

MARKETS 10 December 2025

MACHINERY »

Young Stock Podcast: life as a 22-year-old managing 1,000 cows in Germany

This week's Young Stock Podcast sees us catch up with Janik Marek, a 22-year-old Austrian native who tells us about his home dairy farm in Austria and his current role on a 1,000-cow herd in Germany.

NEWS 16 December 2025

Young Stock Podcast: life as a 22-year-old managing 1,000 cows in Germany

AJS Spring Farm Machinery shows set for January return

NEWS 11 December 2025

SMS CZ introduces new bale chaser

NEWS 10 December 2025

‘Don’t send a tractor out of your yard, unless it is making money’

NEWS 10 December 2025

PEDIGREE »

Glaslough leads premier Hereford heifer sale at €5,900

Glaslough leads premier Hereford heifer sale at €5,900

PEDIGREE 15 December 2025

Bidding frenzy at final Limousin sale of the year

PEDIGREE 14 December 2025

Watch: Charolais bulls hit €5,800 in Carrick's last sale of the year

PEDIGREE 14 December 2025

AGRIBUSINESS »

China’s demand for beef continues to grow

China’s demand for beef continues to grow

NEWS 16 December 2025

Food price index falls for third month in a row

Food price index falls for third month in a row

NORTHERN IRELAND 16 December 2025

The trillion-dollar question

NEWS 16 December 2025

Good news in energy outlook for 2026

NEWS 16 December 2025

NORTHERN IRELAND »

Two suspected cases of bluetongue on fourth NI farm

Two suspected cases of bluetongue on fourth NI farm

NORTHERN IRELAND 16 December 2025

UFU warns consumers to beware following recall of Brazilian beef

UFU warns consumers to beware following recall of Brazilian beef

NORTHERN IRELAND 12 December 2025

Bluetongue restrictions on NI mart to be relaxed

NORTHERN IRELAND 12 December 2025

Bluetongue cases suspected on third farm in Northern Ireland

NORTHERN IRELAND 11 December 2025

FOCUS »

'Poultry farmers still very worried' - Sweetman

'Poultry farmers still very worried' - Sweetman

POULTRY 13 December 2025

Biosecurity tips for protecting your flock from avian influenza

Biosecurity tips for protecting your flock from avian influenza

POULTRY 13 December 2025

’Tis the season for the poultry sector to be nervous about avian flu

’Tis the season for the poultry sector to be nervous about avian flu

POULTRY 10 December 2025

Demand for poultry meat continues to grow

POULTRY 10 December 2025

Research update: liquid N, measuring carbon and habitats

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 6 December 2025

Meeting global sustainability expectations in food

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

Irish grain can help to reduce emissions from milk production

SIGNPOST PROGRAMME 3 December 2025

PROPERTY »

Modern equine holding in this horse heartland for €1.25m

A 43ac-stud farm with a modern yard and super accessibility has recently come on the market.

FOR SALE 10 December 2025

Modern equine holding in this horse heartland for €1.25m

Ex-dairy farm for auction guided at €1.3m in Co Westmeath

FOR SALE 10 December 2025

Strong appetite for Westmeath farms at auction

SALES RESULTS 10 December 2025

‘Parcels of land under 40ac or 50ac in demand’ in Co Cavan

FOR SALE 10 December 2025

BUILDINGS »

Sympathetic restoration keeps Meath courtyard intact

Sympathetic restoration keeps Meath courtyard intact

BUILDINGS 10 December 2025

JFC whole milk automatic feeding working well for Meath farmer

BUILDINGS 26 November 2025

Flags fly high on new four-bay suckler shed

BUILDINGS 12 November 2025

RENEWABLES »

Ireland breaks 1GW rooftop solar milestone

Ireland breaks 1GW rooftop solar milestone

NEWS 15 December 2025

An Coimisiún Pleanála green lights 98,000t AD plant in former Lisheen Mine

An Coimisiún Pleanála green lights 98,000t AD plant in former Lisheen Mine

NEWS 10 December 2025

Finance secured for 500ac solar farm

NEWS 10 December 2025

Solar farm debate continues in farming

RENEWABLES 10 December 2025

CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT »

90% of Ireland’s habitats in unfavourable status, report finds

90% of Ireland’s habitats in unfavourable status, report finds

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT 11 December 2025

CBAM to increase fertiliser price and increase emissions

NEWS 9 December 2025

FORESTRY »

New chair of forestry appeals committee

New chair of forestry appeals committee

FORESTRY 12 December 2025

€55m replanting grant for storm-damaged forestry confirmed

NEWS 10 December 2025

FARM SAFETY »

Watch: 'my head was dizzy and the headaches were cruel'

Watch: 'my head was dizzy and the headaches were cruel'

FARM SAFETY 22 October 2025

ANIMAL HEALTH »

BVD programme delivers economic benefit of €184m annually

BVD programme delivers economic benefit of €184m annually

NEWS 16 December 2025

PIGS »

Bio security can improve pig performance

Bio security can improve pig performance

PIGS 2 November 2025

POULTRY »

'Poultry farmers still very worried' - Sweetman

'Poultry farmers still very worried' - Sweetman

POULTRY 13 December 2025

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Cryptosporidiosis vaccine delivers for Roscommon dairy farmer

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The farmers behind the Golden Arches

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PGI boosting value of all beef in Italy

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MSD Animal Health worms go under the radar

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PHOTOGRAPHY »

Watch: this week in photos as marts, awards and seasonal shows take place

Watch: this week in photos as marts, awards and seasonal shows take place

In Pictures: winter shows, dairy work and sprouts

In Pictures: winter shows, dairy work and sprouts

In Pictures: dairy work, winter prep and busy mart action at home and abroad

In Pictures: dairy work, winter prep and busy mart action at home and abroad

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Rockwell Farm sold to serial investors

Rockwell Farm sold to serial investors

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Eight bidders for Rockwell Farm

Eight bidders for Rockwell Farm

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Recycled ESB poles can be used for straining posts in ACRES - Minister

Recycled ESB poles can be used for straining posts in ACRES - Minister

Man remanded in custody over alleged cattle thefts

Man remanded in custody over alleged cattle thefts

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Carbery appoints Cork native Kevin Collins as head of US operations

Carbery appoints Cork native Kevin Collins as head of US operations

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Italy poised to join France in bid to block Mercosur

Italy poised to join France in bid to block Mercosur

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MEPs allow Mercosur to jump safeguards hurdle

MEPs allow Mercosur to jump safeguards hurdle

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Beef quotes remain under pressure

Beef quotes remain under pressure

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Fine Gael MEP Walsh calls on Irish Government to reject Mercosur deal

Fine Gael MEP Walsh calls on Irish Government to reject Mercosur deal

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Kerry Dairy Ireland cuts milk price by 3.32c/l as GDT falls

Kerry Dairy Ireland cuts milk price by 3.32c/l as GDT falls