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Store bullocks reach €6.09/kg as heavy cattle ease at Kilkenny

10 hours ago | agriland.ie | Breifne O'Brien

There were 630 head of cattle on offer at Kilkenny Mart on Thursday, June 5, with the prices paid described by auctioneer George Candler as “marginally less for the heavy and overage cattle but a vibrant trade for store bullocks with up to €6.09/kg paid for four Charolais bullocks averaging 430kg making €2,620/head.
Irish Angus €15,000 bull calf championships head to Moate

11 hours ago | agriland.ie | Breifne O'Brien

The Irish Angus All-Ireland Bull Calf Championships are set to take place at a new venue this year. With a prize fund of €15,000, this year’s competition will take place at Moate Show in Co. Westmeath on Sunday, August 24. The annual event previously took place at Iverk Show in Co. Kilkenny. While this event has changed location, Agriland understands there will still be a broad range of Angus classes at Iverk Show this year with significant prize money up for grabs.
2025 cattle export numbers approaching 250,000 head

19 hours ago | agriland.ie | Breifne O'Brien

2025 cattle export numbers to date are approaching 250,000 head, according to latest figures from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM). As of Sunday, May 25, a total of 247,000 cattle have been exported, which is an increase of 34,000 head of cattle or 16% on the same time last year. 76% of all cattle exports are calves, accounting for almost 188,000 head of total cattle exports.
Vogelsang Blackbird wins five-year DLG endorsement

1 day ago | agriland.ie | Justin Roberts

The German Agricultural Society, commonly referred to as DLG, has awarded the 15m Vogelsang BlackBird trailing shoe boom fitted with two ExaCut ECQ precision distributors a five-year seal of approval. DLG said it was particularly impressed by the machine’s functionality and quality of work, while its handling, ease of operation, service, and maintenance were also lauded in the final report.
Listen: LESS not all plain sailing for beef-shed slurry

1 day ago | agriland.ie | Breifne O'Brien

The first episode of the Beef Brief podcast heard from Co. Cavan-based winter beef finisher Sam Hill, who took the opportunity to highlight challenges he is facing with spreading cattle slurry produced from beef cattle through Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS) systems. Farmers who had a stocking rate of 100kg N/Ha or above in 2023 are be required to use LESS equipment when slurry spreading this year.
No rise in number of farmers rearing calves this year

2 days ago | agriland.ie | Breifne O'Brien

There has been no increase in the number of farmers buying calves to rear this year – or the number of calves being reared by each farmer – according to official Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) data. As of May 28, 2025, DAFM data shows that 25,328 farmers bought calves so far this year. In the same time period last year, 25,349 herds notified DAFM of inward calf movements. The average number of calves moved into a herd in both periods was 19.
Livestock 'essential' to meeting climate targets - Animal Task Force

3 days ago | agriland.ie | Charles O'Donnell

A paper published by an EU body of agri-food research organisations – including Teagasc – has said that livestock systems are essential to meeting climate and biodiversity targets, when they are designed with “circularity and multifunctionality in mind”.
ICOS AGM: 'Promising' developments amid uncertainty in farming

3 days ago | agriland.ie | Charles O'Donnell

Despite high levels of uncertainty facing farming, there are “promising political and market developments” that could support the sector in the year ahead.
DAFM: First round of AMS notifications due later this month

3 days ago | agriland.ie | Aisling O'Brien

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has confirmed that the first round of Area Monitoring System (AMS) notifications will be sent to farmers later this month. The AMS is the observation and assessment of agricultural activities and practices on agricultural areas. The system uses Copernicus Sentinel satellite data which is gathered automatically every five days and stored to provide up-to-date information as required.
ACRES payments 'could be too little, too late' for future schemes

3 days ago | agriland.ie | Charles O'Donnell

The issuing of delayed balancing payments for 2023 and 2024 under the Agri Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) “could be too little, too late” for future agri-environment schemes, one farm organisation has warned.