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Farm Tech Talk: mart trade, concrete costs and bad weather
Jack Kennedy
The mart trade, rising concrete costs and the impact of the continued bad weather all feature on this week's show.
27 March 2024 News
Coolmore poised to add another 535ac to Tipperary land bank
Two farms in the county are expected to be added to the Magnier family's portfolio. Amy Forde and Caitríona Morrissey report.
20 March 2024 News
Teagasc warns of potato shortage
Potato farmers and Teagasc are warning of a potato shortage this year due to seed scarcity and wet ground.
Strong and steady land market in Northern Ireland
Tight supply and strong demand during 2023 helped put land prices in Northern Ireland at their second highest level on record. Peter McCann reports.
20 March 2024 News
Exclusive: land price gap widens
A 2.9% drop in average price last year wiped out the 3% rise seen in 2022.
13 March 2024 News
Land in NI averaging £13,800/ac
Land prices were at record highs in three counties in NI last year, namely Down, Antrim and Fermanagh.
13 March 2024 Northern Ireland
Land market hit by difficult farming year
Bad weather along with high costs and low prices for farmers saw a small drop in national average price last year.
13 March 2024 News
Barne Estate: Magnier gave €50,000 to ‘strapped for cash’ Thomson Moores
The latest filings in the Barne Estate court case set out John Magnier’s reasons for giving two envelopes of cash and a €500,000 trust fund to the Thomson Moore family. Caitríona Morrissey reports.
29 January 2024 News
Regan buys 47ac farm in heart of Coolmore empire
Maurice Regan, founder of US construction firm JT Magen, has bought a residential farm a stone’s throw from John Magnier’s headquarters.
24 January 2024 News
Magniers seek damages for alleged breach of Barne exclusivity agreement
The latest development in the Barne Estate court case is expected to see the Coolmore legal team claim Barne breached an exclusivity agreement, reports Caitríona Morrissey.
17 January 2024 News
Moving parts in the milk world
While the price of fertiliser is well down on this time last year, the cost of milk production is still high.
3 January 2024 Viewpoints
Land area for sale in NI down 1,350 acres
Records compiled by the Irish Farmers Journal show that 11,370 acres were advertised for sale during 2023.
27 December 2023 Northern Ireland