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Farmer Writes: looking back on 2025, a year to remember

Beef and sheep farmer James Strain takes a look back at a bumper 2025 for drystock.

FARMER WRITES 13 January 2026

Farmer Writes: looking back on 2025, a year to remember

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Coose bulls dominate British Simmental sire rankings

Coose bulls dominate British Simmental sire rankings

PEDIGREE 12 January 2026

Tullamore Show set for return to Butterfield Estate in 2026

Tullamore Show set for return to Butterfield Estate in 2026

PEDIGREE 12 January 2026

Pressure must shift to EU parliament to block Mercosur – ICSA

Pressure must shift to EU parliament to block Mercosur – ICSA

Pressure must shift to EU parliament to block Mercosur – ICSA

NEWS 9 January 2026

Exceptional export performance masks drop in production

Exceptional export performance masks drop in production

Exceptional export performance masks drop in production

NEWS 9 January 2026

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Inside the Farmers Journal: falling cattle numbers and Mercosur

Inside the Farmers Journal: falling cattle numbers and Mercosur

On this week’s show we talk about the challenges of a contracting suckler herd, an anti-Mercosur protest and look at what exactly ‘sharenting’ is.

NEWS 7 January 2026

Farmer Writes: the great beef reset of 2025

Farmer Writes: the great beef reset of 2025

Beef farmers will look back favourably on 2025 writes Tommy Moyles as weather and markets combined to deliver an excellent year for the sector.

FARMER WRITES 7 January 2026

Northern View: cattle trade steady into the new year

Northern View: cattle trade steady into the new year

After some price pressure in December, it is a steady picture for beef in early January.

NORTHERN IRELAND 7 January 2026

Bovine TB rears its ugly head again

Bovine TB rears its ugly head again

Fermanagh farmer John Egerton is facing a number of months under a TB movement restriction.

FARMER WRITES 7 January 2026

TB rates at slaughter have doubled since 2021

TB rates at slaughter have doubled since 2021

Over 10% of bovine TB reactor cattle in NI are now found at routine slaughter.

NORTHERN IRELAND 7 January 2026

Decline in UK cattle and sheep numbers

Decline in UK cattle and sheep numbers

UK livestock numbers keep falling Defra’s June 2025 agricultural survey shows.

NORTHERN IRELAND 7 January 2026

Two major biomethane plants proposed in Cavan

Two major biomethane plants proposed in Cavan

Cootehill, Cavan, could potentially host two major biomethane projects, one focused on poultry litter and the other focused on crops, manures and agri-food waste.

NEWS 7 January 2026

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Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

Our success in export markets depends not only on finding new buyers, but on protecting the strong and hard-fought position we occupy on the global stage.

Irish dairy’s green advantage across the globe

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