Beef
The record prices currently available for factory-fit beef cattle are filtering down to the lighter cattle also with weanling bulls...
Rural Life
Farmers have been urged by ICOS to "check locally" if a mart is open before setting off in light of current wintry weather conditions.
Agri-Business
Headford Co-operative Mart in Co. Galway is looking to hire a general mart manager to oversee all aspects of its day-to-day business.
95% of cattle brought to marts across the island of Ireland in the first nine months of the year were sold, according to DAFM.
An e-mail was circulated this afternoon to update marts using the LSL Auctions software for sharing their sales online.
LSL Auctions has issued an updated statement on its decision to introduce a charge for farmers who are using its services...
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) said that over 1 million cattle were sold in marts around the country by the end of July this year.
Farmers who are viewing or bidding on livestock online in sales at some marts are set to be hit with a new monthly payment fee...
The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) will celebrate the 30th UN International Day of Cooperatives this coming weekend.
A rising tide lifts all boats and such is the case in the cattle trade this week as news on increasing factory quotes has...
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has said that 725,516 bovines were sold in marts during the first four months of 2024.
Agriland can reveal that the owner of Carnaross Mart in Co. Meath has purchased Ballinakill Mart in Co. Laois.
Dairy
Many farmers do not plan to buy dairy bred calves this spring according to the results of a survey conducted by Agriland this week.
Nearly five decades of service in livestock marts across Connacht was recently marked at Balla Mart for the retirement of one of their staff.
Beef News
A minute's silence was observed in memory of Michael John Walsh ahead of the weekly cattle sale in Balla Mart in Co. Mayo yesterday.
Tributes have been paid following the passing of former director of Brady Bros. Marts and Hotel Group, Eugene Brady.
Questions over whether the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) could provide financial assistance for livestock...
Road diversions were put in place on the M3 motorway this morning after a 4x4 and a livestock box were involved in a collision.
The reopening of Mountrath Mart in Co. Laois is being discussed as a public meeting was recently...
The licence for Athenry Mart has been renewed, with sales set to resume there on Monday, according to the mart's chairperson.
The manager of Portumna Mart, Marie Young, is to retire after 40 years working in livestock sales. She began her career at Nenagh Mart.
The organisers of men's health events at two Kerry marts believe that the concept could be replicated in other parts of rural Ireland.
Portumna Mart will host a dispersal sale of a largely Fleckvieh-cross herd tomorrow with 52 cows and 12 heifers to go under the hammer.
