Beef
The Emyvale, Co. Monaghan-based McAnenly Family is busy preparing for its annual in-calf heifer sale later this month.
Dairy Focus
Mark Gray is milking 108 cows outside Prosperous in Co. Kildare alongside his father Brian and his mother Hazel.
Farmgate and retail beef prices are linked - but falls in farmgate prices can take time to appear on supermarket shelves.
Straw bales
Spanish straw is available for Irish farmers despite the severe drought conditions experienced in Spain this summer.
Agri-Business
The government has been urged to introduce measures to deal with "wildly erratic and unpredictable" farm incomes.
Machinery
Government supports and high fuel costs appear to have driven a surge in electric car purchases, but what’s the farming alternative?
Farmers are being advised to be aware of scammers who are sending texts claiming to be the Department of Agriculture.
Rural Life
The Dualla Show has been postponed due to extremely poor weather conditions.
The Karst Farming Network is inviting people to an event next weekend celebrating one of Ireland's karst landscapes in south Co. Roscommon.
Global beef production is expected to decline by 2% in 2026 as supplies tighten across several major producing regions, Rabobank said.
Sheep
Ballyjamesduff Cooperative Livestock Mart in Co. Cavan hosted a special breeding sale of sheep on Tuesday evening (August 25).
Dairy
Rain will be a welcome site this week, but there is a lot of precautions to be taken before grass becomes the staple of the diet again.
Weekly factory cattle supplies have been increasing for the past seven consecutive weeks, with almost 32,800 cattle slaughtered last week.
Carlow
What are farmers at Tullow Mart saying about the recent dry spell and why are some producers selling livestock early or buying in extra feed?
Schemes
Over €2.3 million has been paid out in farm schemes this week, according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM).
Slurry
Minister Martin Heydon has warned that changing the deadline for spreading slurry and fertiliser would be a 'big decision'.
Over 6,000 Area Monitoring System (AMS) notifications have been sent to farmers this year, the department of agriculture has confirmed.
sheepdog trials
Four days of competition near the Co. Tyrone village of Stewartstown will determine the outcome of the 2026 Irish National Sheepdog Trials.
The EU agri-food sector expanded its positive trade balance in the first six months of 2026, with a trade surplus of €23.9 billion.
The government has today (Friday, August 28) won a Dáil vote to extend temporary excise cuts on fuel until October 31.
N.Ireland
Farming leaders want the UK government to urgently ban Brazilian meat imports from next week to ensure the "health and safety" of consumers.
Tillage
Recent rains have helped improve planting conditions significantly, according to Teagasc tillage specialist Shay Phelan.
Some one in four contactors have spread at least 100t less fertiliser so far this year, compared to the same period of 2025.
Farmers under financial pressure or struggling with the impact of the drought are being urged to seek support before problems build up.
Tullow Mart has seen an improvement in the cattle trade in recent weeks as grass shortages begin to push more cattle off farms
The Irish Holstein Friesian Association (IHFA) has announced that FBD Insurance will be the new title sponsor of the National Dairy Show.
There is every prospect of Ireland’s winter oilseed rape planted area increasing again in 2026/27, such is the demand for seed
When grass regrowths stalled in late July on the farm of Micheal and Kieran Dunne in Trim, Co....
An investigation is underway after father and son died after falling into a slurry tank on a farm in Cheshire in the UK.
Met Éireann said the weather will become unsettled this weekend with some heavy and persistent rain and showers.
A new initiative involving farmers and processors is being launched to protect the premium on organically-produced beef and lamb.
The national dairy herd has grown by 2% since June 2025, according to the latest analysis by the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF).
