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‘Quality over quantity seems to be the new norm’ – Walter Brennan

Catherina Cunnane -
Aurivo Balla Mart, Co. Mayo will play host to Walter Brennan’s hotly-anticipated 13th annual in-calf heifer sale this Friday (November 20th). Forty-four commercial heifers, a...
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Suckler farming: 100% AI and 39-month-old calving system

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Noel O’Neill began farming a sheep and suckler enterprise in his own right in 2003. The Tinahely, Co. Wicklow native is an electrician by trade...
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VIDEO: 50 in-calf heifers with ‘power and style’ set for O’Connor’s sale

Catherina Cunnane -
From humble beginnings to international interest, Martin O’Connor’s hotly-anticipated in-calf heifer sale is an annual highlight in the suckler farming calendar. Sales rings have been...
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‘I was 14-years-old when I bought my first heifer at the local mart’

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Fourth-generation farmer, Ciaran Conway, hails from Killawalla, 10km from Westport, in Co. Mayo. The 18-year-old divides his time between the family farm and his Leaving...
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Weather -Clouds & Showers with frost later in the week

Farming News Online Editors -
  Monday Tonight Monday 30th will be mostly cloudy with patchy drizzle and mist, and lowest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees in the West, Tuesday Tomorrow, Tuesday...
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A Firm Trade for all classes reported at Roscommon Mart

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  Good numbers were on offer again this week with a firm trade for all classes at Roscommon Mart on Friday, November 27th according to...
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INHFA push Minister on Designations and CAP at Virtual AGM

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President of the Irish Natural  & Hill Farmers Association (INHFA) Colm O’Donnell cautioned against the prospect of more land designations and stressed how the...
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Testing silage and meal feeding cattle over winter

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With the large amounts of rainfall recently, most beef farmers have housed the last of the beef cattle by now, writes James Concannon, Walsh...
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Mayo farmer claims suckler cow had two calves nearly a fortnight apart

Beef Catherina Cunnane -
A Mayo farmer has claimed that one of his suckler cows has had two calves nearly two weeks apart. Michael Lynch, who farms near Swinford,...
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Clonagh and Jennalyn Simmentals: Meet the Behans who sold a bull for €52,000

Beef Catherina Cunnane -
Clonagh Herds has scooped national titles at nearly all agricultural shows across the country, and they have just set the bar even higher. Last month,...
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Galway dairy farmers aiming to achieve 500kgs of milk solids from 500kg cows

Dairy Catherina Cunnane -
The removal of milk quotas fuelled the Keaveney family’s desire to expand their dairy farm. The enterprise, situated in Ballymoe, Co Galway, now consists of...
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Weather -Clouds & Showers with frost later in the week

Farming News Online Editors -
  Monday Tonight Monday 30th will be mostly cloudy with patchy drizzle and mist, and lowest temperatures of 5 to 9 degrees in the West, Tuesday Tomorrow, Tuesday...
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A Firm Trade for all classes reported at Roscommon Mart

Farming News Online Editors -
  Good numbers were on offer again this week with a firm trade for all classes at Roscommon Mart on Friday, November 27th according to...
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Testing silage and meal feeding cattle over winter

Beef Online Editors -
With the large amounts of rainfall recently, most beef farmers have housed the last of the beef cattle by now, writes James Concannon, Walsh...
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