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News headlines (ROI)

  • Shortage of cattle bodes well for beef price.

  • TB reactors more than double in some counties.

  • Find out how GAEC 2 restrictions could affect your farm.

  • Farmers warned about land leasing risks in fair deal scheme.

  • Dairygold threatens concerned suppliers with High Court action.

  • ESB replaces poles due to damage from woodpeckers.

  • Novice drivers looking for big money are not worth it, say contractors.

  • Cowen proposes third pillar for 2028 CAP budget.

  • Forestry planting up 92% this year.

    • Focus

  • Our Balmoral Show Focus supplement has everything you need to know ahead of the event.

    • News headlines (NI)

  • Tough new rules for 3,500 intensive farms.

  • MLAs say TB target lacks ambition.

  • Taxpayers face years of high tax, warns Omagh accountant.

  • McKay tops Limousin sale at 45,000guineas.

    • Agribusiness

  • What we learned from dairy co-op leaders this earnings season.

  • Tyson Foods loses heavily on beef in first half of financial year.

    • Livestock

  • Highlights from the young sheep farmers forum visit in Athleague.

  • Tullamore Farm: breeding begins as heifers synchronised.

  • We look at how much meal to feed this summer.

    • Tillage

  • Sunshine, flowers and smashing crops in the Garden of Ireland.

  • We look at sprayers on the move in the sun.

    • Renewables

  • We look at a study showing 2% of Ireland faces no constraints for wind farms.

    • Irish Country Living

  • Feature on blacksmith: forging a future from Ireland’s mythical past.

  • The dawn chorus in the morning is alive with the sound of music.

  • We look at the cultural importance of silage dinners.

  • What are the pros and cons of registering your farm for VAT.

  • In health, we look at organ donation.

  • Calls for public childcare model to alleviate crisis.

  • How to make a complaint and get the right results.

  • Property Plus: Eyrecort demesne and farm for €2.5m.

    • Pedigree

  • Angus bull sells for €13,000 in Carrick.

  • Unforgettable day for Rutland in Roscrea.

  • An evening to remember for 2025 FBD national hall of fame award winners.

    • Machinery

  • New Holland TM 120 makes € 76,120.

  • Lemken precision planter is busy sowing maize in the premier county.

  • Row spraying cuts vet grower’s spray use by up to 60%.