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Why a store lamb system works with calf-to-beef on the ABP Demo Farm
5+ hour, 13+ min ago (455+ words) A total of 680 store lambs were purchased by the ABP Demo Farm in Co. Carlow in August 2025 at an average weight of 31. 3kg. The first of these lambs were drafted for slaughter at Irish Country Meats' (ICMs') Camolin, Co. Wexford site…...
Dairy trade: Up to "2, 600 as sales wind down
16+ hour, 3+ min ago (367+ words) Dairy sales across the country are now on the wind down for the summer months, with several final sales taking place this week. With farmers eager to get field work done while the sun was shining, both entries and bidders…...
Rise in 2026 suckler and dairy calf registrations to date this year
16+ hour, 13+ min ago (323+ words) The numbers of both suckler and dairy-bred calves registered to date this year has increased when compared to the same time of last year. According to the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF), a total of over 1. 8 million (1, 826, 200) calves have been…...
Aughrim-based ABP suckler beef supplier set to host farm walk
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (410+ words) Aughrim, Co. Wicklow-based suckler farmer and beef finisher John Pringle is set to host a farm walk, in association with ABP Food Group and Teagasc on Friday, May 29, at 6: 30p. m. The 59ha farm is running over 50 high-performing suckler cows alongside 230 mid-season lambing…...
What breeding trends are AI companies seeing?
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (1143+ words) Agriland'spoke with a number of artificial insemination (AI) companies about the criteria being selected for sires this breeding season and what the trends were. We are officially a month into the breeding season, with most farmers now finished or in…...
Table: Latest average calf prices paid at marts
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (278+ words) Average calf prices in the week ending Sunday, May 24 are trending slightly behind the average year-to-date calf prices in several categories, according to the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) calf price database. Despite this, calf prices are in a largely…...
European dairy groups to dump milk in protest over 'devaluation"
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (460+ words) Around 20 tractors'will simultaneously spray'milk'across a field in Germany on Sunday (May 31), ahead of World Milk Day on June 1 to protest the "devaluation" of produce. Afterwards, a rally featuring dairy farmers will take place. The German Dairy Farmers' Association (BDM) and…...
Food and drink competitiveness "under sustained pressure" " FDI
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (291+ words) The competitiveness of the food and drinks sector "is under sustained pressure, according to Paul Kelly, director of Food Drink Ireland (FDI). He made these comments today (May 29) while launching the group's latest report, "Competitive Food and Drink: Policy priorities…...
Green light for merger of 2 global dairy giants
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (438+ words) The merger between two of Europe's - and the world's - largest dairy companies has received the green light from regulators. Danish and Swedish company Arla Foods, and German company DMK-Group, which both separately sit within the top 20 dairy companies globally in…...
Up to 30% of Irish dairy herd under heat stress
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (726+ words) Farmers will be up the walls this week trying to get field work done while the sun shines, but as things die down, they may notice a drop in milk production. As of Friday last week, just as the weather…...