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Dairy farmers running faster to stand still
Lorcan Roche Kelly
Economic reality means the future will be dominated by fewer, larger dairy farms.
19 March 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: lamb price decline
Young lambs are also benefiting from getting outside to grass and settled, before tougher weather arrives.
8 March 2025 Markets
Tearing up the cattle trade in Texas
A chat with the Speer family who run the Southwest Livestock exchange located just west of San Antonio in the heart of Texas.
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Dairy farmers advised to convert to sucklers
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Beef prices: quotes jump 20c/kg on back of huge demand
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Two farmers disqualified from owning animals in 2024
Pedigree
Simmental bull sells for €16,000 in Roscommon
Tullamore Farm
Tullamore Farm video: lambing progressing after tricky lead-in
Glanbia shares tumble on disappointing outlook
Nutrition company says record high whey prices will reduce margins in 2025.
26 February 2025 News
Work permits ‘fiasco’ stunting growth of horticulture sector
Growers raised their concerns to the Minister of State with responsibility for horticulture Michael Healy-Rae at the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) horticulture and potato growers' meeting.
25 February 2025 News
Student farmer views: New Zealand calling after college
James Hanly spoke to some of the first-year agriculture students at Gurteen College while at a farm safety and security event to see what their plans are once they graduate.
5 February 2025 News
Selling live or finish out of the shed? Doing up the sums
Where farmers have forward stores and are considering the merits of finishing animals, doing a budget is recommended.
29 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Opinion: fair food pricing may test CAP commitment of consumers
Will asking consumers to pay more for food cost farming public support for the Common Agricultural Policy?
11 January 2025 Opinion
Editorial: need for positive thinking for investing in 2025
The EU powerhouses of Germany and France need financial stimulation and are in a very different fiscal economic situation to Ireland at the moment.
1 January 2025 Viewpoints
Tillage farm incomes to rebound to €42,000 next year
A return to normal weather, boosting yields, is what drove an expected rise in tillage incomes in Teagasc's calculations.
4 December 2024 News
Tirlán to pay €210 for barley and €220 for wheat
For the first time, over 50% of Tirlan’s 173,000t green grain intake has qualified for premium crop payments.
23 October 2024 News
What sets high profit winter milk farmers apart?
Teagasc liquid milk specialist James Dunne highlights some of the differences in performance that explain the difference in profit on winter milk farms.
19 October 2024 Liquid Milk