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Black Beauties sale tops at €6,000

Rachel Gallagher reports from Blessington livestock mart for the 15th annual Black Beauties Suffolk sale.

10 November 2024 BREEDING & HEALTH

Elite Angus genetics go under the hammer

Nevan Mc Kiernan previews the Keys to Success Angus sale set to take place this weekend online via timed auction.

8 November 2024 PEDIGREE
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Camera at the Mart: mighty trade for maidens in Elphin

Adam Woods reports from Elphin Mart’s special heifer sale last Saturday.

6 November 2024
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Camera at the Mart: faultless trade at Macroom weanling sale

There was an excellent trade for weanlings from both suckler and dairy backgrounds at the show and sale in Macroom Mart on Saturday last.

4 November 2024
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Meet Ireland’s only pedigree goat exporter to Poland

We spoke to the only Irish pedigree goat breeder with a health status to export to countries like Germany and Poland ahead of his first transport.

30 October 2024 NEWS
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Green light for £57m NI genetics scheme

Participation in the new genetics programme will be a requirement for cattle farmers to claim future support in Northern Ireland.

16 October 2024 NORTHERN IRELAND

Tillage podcast: Genetics chat, planting and costs

On this week’s Tillage Podcast we chat to Ty Vaughan, the head of plant biotechnology at Bayer Crop Science.

10 October 2024
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Red and white cows in Wicklow

The Somers' family are milking Montbeliarde cows near Arklow in Co. Wicklow and supply liquid milk to Tirlan

25 September 2024
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New entrant promoting the positives in Meath

Rosin and Eoin Corrigan are great ambassadors for the Irish system of grass based dairy farming

25 September 2024
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