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Padraig French, Nicky Byrne and Chloe Millar take a look at performance to date on the Ballyvadin dairy calf to beef farm in Tipperary.
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Adam Woods takes a look at dairy beef budgets and buying calves in 2025, along with a preview of this week's suckler mart demo in Skibbereen in this week's beef management notes.
Bandon Mart manager, Sean Dennehy gives his thoughts ahead of the 2025 calf trade as the west Cork mart gets underway following a weather related delay to the years sales.
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The 2025 calf trade in Bandon Mart got off to a later-than-usual start thanks to weather delays, but there appears to be no let-up in the early season calf prices.
Martin Merrick reports on a series of JFC farm walks, highlighting key benefits of their automatic calf feeders.
For farmers considering rearing dairy beef calves for the first time, Kieran Mailey outlined some tips to follow this winter.
Party pledges to fight to increase the CAP budget, to advocate for new funding streams to assist farmers in meeting additional requirements and to simplify schemes post-2027.
Buyers were out in force at the weekly calf sale in Kilrea Mart, resulting in a flying trade across quality lots.
ICMSA livestock committee chair Michael O’Connell welcomed the price rise, with factories working on securing adequate supplies in the run-up to the Christmas trade.
