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Beef
Camera at the mart: traditional breeds takeover Templemore calf sale
Tommy Moyles
Tradtional beef breed crosses dominated the calf sale in Templemore Mart for the weekly calf sale at the Co Tipperary mart on Thursday last reports Tommy Moyles.
23 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Genus ABS refines its AI provision in NI
The change will cause significant upheaval for many farmers, especially those who depend on the company’s long-running RMS service.
19 April 2025 Opinion
Opinion: escalating TB figures will affect all farming in time
As TB runs out of control, the Department of Agriculture and farmers have never been further apart on how to tackle the problem.
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Farmers reminded not to burn bushes by council
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Vintage tractor motoring in Monaghan
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Portumna Mart cancels this week’s sales
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US tariffs will cool beef import demand
Climate and environment
Conflicted feelings: I complained about a local farmer spreading slurry
High returns from good dairy genetics
David Wright reports from the AgriSearch conference held in Armagh on Tuesday
16 April 2025 Northern Ireland
IP rights to have long-term implications
Aidan Brennan says that while the impact of the new intellectual property rights will have a relativly small impact this year, it will have long term implications.
9 April 2025 Breeding
1,500ha Mexican dairy farm hits the market
The large-scale dairy enterprise Tecnología Ganadera Tropical is based in the Campeche state and comes with professional management and an AFS breeding multiplication programme.
9 April 2025 News
Breeding 2025 is just around the corner
Adam Woods previews what’s inside this week’s special beef breeding focus
2 April 2025 Beef breeding
EU takes another step towards allowing gene editing
The European Council has made some progress on rules surrounding new genomic techniques and the growing and sale of plants produced by these in Europe.
30 March 2025 News
Green light for hill sheep breeding funding
Funding of €650,000 has been awarded for Oviflock – a project aiming to lay the foundation for genetic improvement in the Irish hill sheep flock.
26 March 2025 Breeding & health
Issues remain over new IP rights for bulls – IFA
Both the IFA and ICMSA have reservations about the plans to impose terms on selling some of their bull’s progeny to other AI companies.
26 March 2025 News
IFA says issues still to be addressed on AI companies’ IP plans for bulls
The IFA president warned that farmers should pay close attention to the terms and conditions of any contracts they are being asked to sign by AI companies.
25 March 2025 News
Spring feeding Q&A with Teagasc experts
There is renewed interest in feeding cows well this spring, Teagasc experts Aisling Claffey and Joe Patton look at the requirements for cows this spring and at peak
19 March 2025 Grass & feeding