N.Ireland
The tremendous Simmental cow, Ballinalare Farm Nikita, was selected as the beef inter-breed champion at Newry Show 2025
Beef
Approximately 1,700 exhibitors, 2,000 animals and 120,000 visitors fromacross the world are expected to attend the Sommet...
Ballymena Show always attracts a fantastic turnout of sheep, and 2024 did not disappoint in this regard. The man charged with the responsib
Rural Life
It was a case of lightning strikes twice in Co. Mayo, as another farmer in the county was surprised by triplet calves.
A Co. Mayo farmer who had assumed his cow was having twins, was in for a shock when she gave birth to triplet heifer calves on Halloween night.
The much heralded dairy inter-breed championship at Armagh Show 2023 was won by an elite, red and white Holstein cow.
Balmoral Show consistently throws up livestock champions that live long in the memory for all the right reasons.
Beef News
The Irish Simmental Cattle Society has announced that Peadar Glennon has returned to the society as general manager.
Beef Technical
It can be an exciting bit of news for breeders when they hear that AI straws of popular old pedigree sires become available again.
With the dinner table talk often focused on the family's prizewinning Simmentals, this Mother's Day will be no different for Sheila O'Leary.
Rathnashan Pedigree Herd is set to hold an auction of Simmental animals emerging from its "best group of calves bred to date" this weekend.
National Ploughing Championships
Exhibitors hit hardest by Storm Ali at this year's National Ploughing Championships have been picking up the pieces to get going again.
In this week's beef focus, we travel west to the farm of John Hession in Frenchgrove, Holymount, Co. Mayo.
In this week's beef focus, we visit Declan Oates who runs a suckler-to-weaning enterprise on 44ac of land; an additional 13ac of commanage - along the seashore - is used to carry dry cows.
Farming in Randelstown, Co. Antrim, James and Nelson Alexander - a father-and-son-team - run an in-calf heifer selling enterprise.
Tom Halpin farms 64ha in Robertstown, Co. Meath. With the help of his family, Tom calves 100 suckler cows, bringing all progeny to finish.
The Irish Simmental Cattle Society held its Premier Spring Sale in Roscommon on March 11, where bulls made an average price of €3,800.
Bulls reached a top price of 3,000gns at the Northern Ireland Simmental Club's show and sale in Ballymena Mart on Saturday last.
