Marts

Bumper year for livestock cattle marts

The sharp lift in cattle prices of upwards of 40% in 2025 encouraged more farmers to market cattle live, with throughput falling by just 0.2% despite a drop in the national herd.

NEWS 24 December 2025

Bumper year for livestock cattle marts

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Camera at the Mart: Charolais dominate numbers in Elphin

Camera at the Mart: Charolais dominate numbers in Elphin

MARKETS 17 December 2025

Beef-bred cattle in high demand at Swatragh

Beef-bred cattle in high demand at Swatragh

NORTHERN IRELAND 17 December 2025

Martbids Database: demand stagnates for prime cattle

Martbids Database: demand stagnates for prime cattle

Martbids Database: demand stagnates for prime cattle

MARKETS 17 December 2025

Beef Trends: quotes drop for third week

Beef Trends: quotes drop for third week

Beef Trends: quotes drop for third week

MARKETS 17 December 2025

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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

Our top farming photos from the past week include lively mart trade, winter dairy prep, tractor runs, fatstock shows and key industry launches.

NEWS 19 November 2025

Watch: heifers sell to €6,800 in Ballymote

Watch: heifers sell to €6,800 in Ballymote

Ballymote Mart’s special heifer sale saw some top-end heifers on offer, with prices to match.

MARKETS 19 November 2025

ICOS warns arrival of bluetongue ‘would be a disaster’ for marts

ICOS warns arrival of bluetongue ‘would be a disaster’ for marts

The co-op body has warned that bills of €200/head would be faced for testing cattle before movement across disease zones in the event that bluetongue was discovered in Ireland.

NEWS 19 November 2025

Watch: Brazil investigation highlights tagging and traceability issues

Watch: Brazil investigation highlights tagging and traceability issues

Adam Woods takes a look at the different standards around tagging and traceability in Ireland and Brazil.

MARKETS 19 November 2025

Watch: this week in pictures as farms face flooding and marts stay busy

Watch: this week in pictures as farms face flooding and marts stay busy

Our top farming photos from the past week include winter housing and flood impacts on farms, lively mart activity and pedigree cattle on family farms.

NEWS 19 November 2025

Priest blesses cattle at Dingle Mart's 50th anniversary

Priest blesses cattle at Dingle Mart's 50th anniversary

Dingle Mart celebrated 50 years in business last weekend and was hosted a social event to mark the occasion.

NEWS 19 November 2025

Watch: Brazil's antibiotic trade exposed

Watch: Brazil's antibiotic trade exposed

In this video, Adam Woods and Philip Doyle of the Irish Farmers Journal and the IFA's Tomas Bourke outline what’s happening in Brazil in relation to antibiotic use.

MARKETS 19 November 2025

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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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