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Sheep
Record breaking average at the 15th anniversary Black Beauties sale
Rachel Gallagher
Rachel Gallagher reports from Blessington livestock mart for the 15th annual Black Beauties Suffolk sale.
13 November 2024 Management
Irish Farmers Journal suckler roadshow comes to Clare
Adam Woods reports from the first three suckler roadshows to take place around the country and previews the last two in Clare and Kerry.
13 November 2024 Pedigree
National Hereford calf show set to showcase top genetics
Nevan McKiernan looks ahead to this Saturday's national Hereford calf show, which will take place in Tullamore Mart, Co Offaly.
Black Beauties sale tops at €6,000
Rachel Gallagher reports from Blessington livestock mart for the 15th annual Black Beauties Suffolk sale.
10 November 2024 Breeding & health
Elite Angus genetics go under the hammer
Nevan Mc Kiernan previews the Keys to Success Angus sale set to take place this weekend online via timed auction.
8 November 2024 Pedigree
Camera at the Mart: mighty trade for maidens in Elphin
Adam Woods reports from Elphin Mart’s special heifer sale last Saturday.
6 November 2024 Markets
Camera at the Mart: faultless trade at Macroom weanling sale
There was an excellent trade for weanlings from both suckler and dairy backgrounds at the show and sale in Macroom Mart on Saturday last.
4 November 2024 Markets
Meet Ireland’s only pedigree goat exporter to Poland
We spoke to the only Irish pedigree goat breeder with a health status to export to countries like Germany and Poland ahead of his first transport.
30 October 2024 News
Green light for £57m NI genetics scheme
Participation in the new genetics programme will be a requirement for cattle farmers to claim future support in Northern Ireland.
16 October 2024 Northern Ireland
Tillage podcast: Genetics chat, planting and costs
On this week’s Tillage Podcast we chat to Ty Vaughan, the head of plant biotechnology at Bayer Crop Science.
10 October 2024 Soils
Red and white cows in Wicklow
The Somers' family are milking Montbeliarde cows near Arklow in Co. Wicklow and supply liquid milk to Tirlan
25 September 2024 Milk quality
New entrant promoting the positives in Meath
Rosin and Eoin Corrigan are great ambassadors for the Irish system of grass based dairy farming
25 September 2024 Milk quality