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Pics and prices: Cow with twin bulls at foot fetches €2,800 at Ballyjamesduff Mart

May 19, 2018

Ballyjamesduff Mart’s weekly cattle sale took place on Tuesday last (May 15). A mixture of farmers, feedlot buyers and exporters competed for cattle…

Pics and prices: Weanling bulls sell to a top call of €3.35/kg at Carnaross Mart

May 18, 2018

Beef

Carnaross Mart’s weekly weanling bull, heifer and suckler cow sale took place on Tuesday evening last (May 15). Farmers were active around the rings…

Pics and prices: Over 200 cows on offer at Kilkenny Mart

May 12, 2018

Beef

A large cattle sale – consisting of 1,400 animals – was witnessed in Kilkenny Mart, Cillin Hill, on Thursday last (May 10). George…

Pics and prices: Exporters and grass buyers out in force at Castlerea Mart

May 5, 2018

Beef

A large number of cattle were presented for sale at Castlerea Mart, Co. Roscommon, on Thursday last. Both exporters and farmers drove the…

Pics and prices: Bullocks sell to a top price of €1,780 at Carnaross Mart

April 24, 2018

Beef

The trade was brisk from start to finish for all types of stock at Carnaross Mart on Monday last (April 24). A large…

Pics and prices: ‘Grass buyers’ drive the trade at Delvin Mart

April 21, 2018

Beef

Delvin Mart’s weekly cattle sale took place on Thursday last (April 19). A mixture of farmers, feedlot buyers and exporters competed for cattle…

Pics and prices: Lighter continental stock in demand at Kilkenny Mart

April 7, 2018

Beef

A large cattle sale, consisting of 1,050 animals, was witnessed in Kilkenny Mart, Cillin Hill, on Thursday last (April 5). Both farmers and…

Farming is ‘write’ up Longford man’s street

March 10, 2018

Rural Life

A Longford man has documented a slice of family farming life in a new book. Journalist, writer, film maker and farmer John Connell…

Pics and prices: Bullocks trade to a top price of €1,535 at Tullamore Mart

March 10, 2018

Beef

Tullamore Mart’s weekly cattle sale took place on Thursday last (March 8). A mixture of farmers and feedlot buyers competed for cattle at…

Pics and prices: Store heifers and bullocks in demand at Tullow Mart

February 26, 2018

Beef

Tullow mart’s weekly cattle sale was held on Friday last (February 23). The monthly weanling sale was also held in conjunction with the…

Farmer in legal limbo over Effin cow dung

January 22, 2018

Rural Life

A Co. Limerick farmer has been brought to court for permitting cow dung to be left on the Effin Road, which allegedly caused…

UK animal sanctuary confirms it’s awaiting Irish dairy herd

August 13, 2017

Rural Life

The founder of a UK animal rescue sanctuary has confirmed to AgriLand that an Irish farmer is preparing to send their dairy herd of 70…

Irish farmer to send 70 cows to UK sanctuary to save them from slaughter

August 11, 2017

Dairy

An Irish farmer has decided to send 70 of his cows to an animal sanctuary in the UK, in order to save them…

Pics: Planning to milk 360 cows on a 60% leased farm

August 7, 2017

Dairy

Cathal Moran took the reins of his family’s 57ha farm in Curraghlane, Skeaghvasteen, Co. Kilkenny in 1997. Prior to this, his parents Edward…

Dole labour option is an insult to Irish dairy farmers

August 5, 2017

Opinion

Which genius within the civil service came up with the idea of taking people off the dole in order to have them milk…

Loose cows safely removed from Tipp road

May 19, 2017

Rural Life

Some loose cows have been safely removed from a public road in Co. Tipperary this morning, according to AA Roadwatch. The cows were…

Expanded dairy herd drives cow slaughterings

May 2, 2017

Beef

The Irish dairy herd has undergone major expansion since the abolition of quotas in 2015, with cow numbers increasing by 165,000 head between…

Video: Taking the guesswork out of identifying bulling cows

March 22, 2017

Spring mating is stressful work and each missed cycle equates to lost income. FlashMate was created in New Zealand to make life easier…

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