Month: February 2021

Tuesday’s selected Sheep mart price report: copyright LSL. LAMB 20-30kg Tue 16 Feb Avg Price/Kg3.06/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:29kg 3.34/kg 97.0029kg 3.04/kg 87.0027kg 2.81/kg 75.00 LAMB 30-40kg Tue 16 Feb Avg Price/Kg3.10/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:33kg 3.33/kg 111.0034kg 3.28/kg 112.0030kg 3.27/kg 98.0036kg 3.22/kg 115.0039kg 3.21/kg 125.0039kg 3.15/kg 123.00 LAMB 40-50kg Tue 16 Feb Avg Price/Kg2.92/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:40kg 3.11/kg 126.0047kg 2.98/kg 139.0046kg 2.96/kg 136.0044kg 2.95/kg 130.0043kg 2.95/kg 126.0042kg 2.95/kg 123.00 LAMB 50-60kg Tue 16 Feb…

https://www.lslauctions.com/MartMemberAccess/Market/MartCatalogue?Mart=INISHO&SearchDateRange=Last&Op=detail&SearchAuctionDayID=0&SearchAuctionID=560209 Big interest in Lot 431 at Inishowen Mart. Heifer was caught in a bidding frenzy, sold for €1980. Watch more highlight videos on https://www.lslauctions.com/tv/

Covid-19 has been found in mink on a farm in northern Poland that can be passed to humans, the Agriculture Ministry said. The strain was discovered last month, raising fears of culls with more than 350 farms in the country. “Data obtained from the chief sanitary inspectorate and last year’s experiences in Denmark and the Netherlands clearly indicate that also in Poland, this virus can spread from mink to humans…

A third of Ireland’s bee species face extinction due to reduced amounts of food and safe nesting sites available, according to a new report.The ‘Working together for biodiversity: Tales from the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan 2015 – 2020’ says the drastic decline requires “serious and requires immediate attention to ensure the sustainability of our food, avoid additional economic impact on the agricultural sector and protect the health of the environment.” The…

https://www.lslauctions.com/MartMemberAccess/Market/MartCatalogue?Mart=STRANO&SearchDateRange=Last&Op=detail&SearchAuctionDayID=0&SearchAuctionID=562428 The must see lot from Ballybofey & Stranorlar Co-operative Livestock Mart. Cracking show stock in Lot 34, sold for €3240. Most viewed lot on LSL TV in the past day! Watch more highlight videos on https://www.lslauctions.com/tv

https://www.lslauctions.com/MartMemberAccess/Market/MartCatalogue?Mart=MWLIS&SearchDateRange=Last&Op=detail&SearchAuctionDayID=0&SearchAuctionID=533198 Must see lot from Midland & Western Livestock Improvement Society on the weekend. Take a look at this calf in Lot 5, sold for €4100. Check out the all new ‘LSL TV’ https://www.lslauctions.com/tv

A mix of cloud and sunny spells with widespread showers. Highs of 8 to 11C in moderate to fresh southwesterly winds. Another band of rain will cross the country from the southwest in the evening. Lows of 3 to 6 degrees. LSL News.

Monday’s selected Cattle mart price report: copyright LSL. BULLOCK 300-400kg Mon 15 Feb Avg Price/KgHighest Price/Kg Lots:AA, 305kg 2.16/kg 660.00HE, 320kg 1.66/kg 530.00 BULLOCK 400-500kg Mon 15 Feb Avg Price/KgAA 1.80/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:AA, 410kg 1.83/kg 750.00AA, 475kg 1.77/kg 840.00 BULLOCK 600-700kg Mon 15 Feb Avg Price/KgFR 1.65/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:AA, 660kg 1.92/kg 1270.00FR, 662kg 1.69/kg 1120.00FR, 625kg 1.6/kg 1000.00 COW 400-500kg Mon 15 Feb Avg Price/KgFR 1.32/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:FR, 495kg 1.47/kg…

Monday’s selected Sheep mart price report: copyright LSL. SHEEP 40-50kg Mon 15 Feb Avg Price/KgSHEEP 2.71/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SHEEP, 45kg 3.07/kg 138.00SHEEP, 48kg 3.03/kg 146.00SHEEP, 45kg 3/kg 135.00SHEEP, 46kg 2.96/kg 136.00SHEEP, 40kg 2.95/kg 118.00SHEEP, 47kg 2.74/kg 128.00 SHEEP 50-60kg Mon 15 Feb Avg Price/KgSHEEP 2.29/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SHEEP, 51kg 2.92/kg 150.00SHEEP, 50kg 2.68/kg 134.00SHEEP, 56kg 2.63/kg 146.00SHEEP, 57kg 2.62/kg 149.00SHEEP, 56kg 2.59/kg 146.00SHEEP, 57kg 2.55/kg 146.00 SHEEP 70-80kg Mon 15 Feb Avg…

The European Food Safety Authority is reviewing an application to allow caffeine to be used as an insecticide and molluscicide. French-based company Progarein is seeking approval to use caffeine as an insecticide for cabbage, potatoes and buxus and as a molluscicide for slug control in all edible and non-edible crops.  The European Food Safety Authority (ESFA) is assisting the European Commission in reviewing the application, which was submitted last year. …

The Teagasc Virtual Hill Sheep Conference will take place across two evenings, Wednesday 17 February and Thursday 18 February, as a Zoom webinar between 8pm and 9pm.  A line up of speakers have been assembled for two sessions.  The speakers on Wednesday include Donegal hill sheep farmer David McLaughlin, Teasgac advisor John Cannon and Sheep Ireland’s Kevin McDermott. Topics covered are hill sheep performance on a better farm and generating…

https://www.lslauctions.com/MartMemberAccess/Market/MartCatalogue?Mart=MOHILL&SearchDateRange=Last&Op=detail&SearchAuctionDayID=0&SearchAuctionID=559201 Must see black limousine Heifer from Aurivo Livestock Mart Mohill this weekend. Have a look at Lot 544, sold for €3050. The most viewed lot on our website in the last 24 hours! Check out the all new ‘LSL TV’ https://www.lslauctions.com/tv

Government compensation for the increased costs of importing animal feeds such as beet pulp and cane molasses from the USA has been refused. Since November 10, 2020, there has been a 25 per cent EU import duty increase on beet pulp and molasses.  The tariffs are part of a 16-year-old row over government aid to the US and EU aircraft industries, in what is estimated to be the world’s largest-ever…

A free virtual meeting to discuss farm safety and mental health is being held this evening (Monday 15 February). The Zoom meeting, hosted by Fine Gael TD Colm Burke, will take place from 8pm to 9:20pm. Other speakers include the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture Martin Heydon, vet Hazell Mullins from Abbeyville Veterinary Hospital and Peter Hynes, a dairy farmer and mental health ambassador. The TD for…

The staff at Carnew Mart have stepped up to the #JerusalemaChallenge Watch the video here: https://fb.watch/3F_JRP5HXX/ An internet rage during the Covid-19 lockdown has been the #Jerusalemachallenge, with people from across countries uploading videos dancing to Jerusalema, a song by South African DJ and record producer Master KG. The dance challenge took off in February 2020, as Covid-19 caused lockdowns in African countries like in most parts of the world. It was…

Scattered showers and some heavy rain in the morning, which will gradually clear, becoming drier and brighter. The afternoon will be mostly dry with hazy bright spells and the risk of a few isolated showers. Temperatures of 10 to 13C, with moderate to fresh southerly winds. In the evening, southerly winds will become stronger. It will be windy in the west with rain moving in from the southwest.  LSL News.

A Status Yellow snow-ice warning has been issued by Met Éireann for Connacht, Leinster, Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal over the weekend. In the affected counties, snowfalls of 5cm are predicted with strong to gale force southeast winds. Temperatures will continue to rise ranging from 7 to 11C by dawn on Sunday. The Yellow weather alert comes into effect at 2:00am on Saturday morning and will remain in place until 12:00pm on Saturday. In Cork, Kerry…

Friday’s selected Cattle mart price report: copyright LSL. Bullock 400-500kg Fri 12 Feb Avg Price/KgCHX 2.39/kgLM 2.43/kgLMX 2.34/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:CH, 420kg 2.81/kg 1180.00CHX, 470kg 2.64/kg 1240.00CHX, 425kg 2.56/kg 1090.00CHX, 460kg 2.5/kg 1150.00LMX, 428kg 2.5/kg 1070.00LM, 470kg 2.47/kg 1160.00 Bullock 500-600kg Fri 12 Feb Avg Price/KgCHX 2.37/kgLMX 2.17/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:CHX, 515kg 2.49/kg 1280.00CHX, 520kg 2.48/kg 1290.00CH, 555kg 2.47/kg 1370.00CHX,LMX, 580kg 2.47/kg 1430.00CHX, 540kg 2.46/kg 1330.00CHX, 560kg 2.45/kg 1370.00 Bullock 600-700kg Fri…

IFA president Tim Cullinan has met with Meat Industry Ireland (MII) to discuss the recent price cuts attempted by factories. He told the industry representative body the recent attempts by factories to reduce beef prices are not justified based on current market information and said farmers have reacted angrily to these attempts by factories. The IFA president claimed MII were left in no doubt that undermining of the market conditions…

Lakeland Dairies has announced the appointment of both a new chair and vice-chair of the cooperative board. Niall Matthews, from Carrickmacross, Co. Louth, has been appointed chairman of Lakeland Dairies Co-operative Society Ltd. Mr Matthews was elected to the board of the co-op in 2017. He succeeds Aloysius Duffy, who served as a board member since 2010 and as chairman since 2014. “I am very honoured to be appointed chairman…

Thursday’s selected Cattle mart price report: copyright LSL. Bullock 400-500kg Thu 11 Feb Avg Price/KgFR 1.70/kgLMX 2.20/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LMX, 470kg 2.36/kg 1110.00BK, 485kg 2.33/kg 1130.00LMX, 455kg 2.31/kg 1050.00LMX, 425kg 2.19/kg 930.00HEX, 495kg 2.06/kg 1020.00LMX, 435kg 1.93/kg 840.00 Bullock 500-600kg Thu 11 Feb Avg Price/KgCHX 2.27/kgFR 1.70/kgFRX 1.75/kgHEX 2.00/kgLMX 2.22/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:CHX, 510kg 2.49/kg 1270.00CHX, 580kg 2.43/kg 1410.00BK, 565kg 2.42/kg 1370.00CHX, 595kg 2.40/kg 1430.00LMX, 550kg 2.36/kg 1300.00CHX, 575kg 2.33/kg 1340.00 Bullock…

Thursday’s selected Sheep mart price report: copyright LSL. SHEEP 20-30kg Thu 11 Feb Avg Price/KgSHEEP 2.90/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SHEEP, 26kg 3.00/kg 79.00SHEEP, 28kg 2.8/kg 77.00 SHEEP 30-40kg Thu 11 Feb Avg Price/KgSHEEP 2.61/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SHEEP, 31kg 3.19/kg 100.00SHEEP, 38kg 2.92/kg 112.00SHEEP, 38kg 2.90/kg 111.00SHEEP, 40kg 2.90/kg 115.00SHEEP, 36kg 2.87/kg 104.00SHEEP, 40kg 2.86/kg 114.00 SHEEP 40-50kg Thu 11 Feb Avg Price/KgSHEEP 2.78/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SHEEP, 49kg 2.89/kg 142.00SHEEP, 45kg 2.89/kg 129.00SHEEP, 48kg 2.88/kg…

Newly-appointed Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Gordon Lyons is planning to launch a public consultation reviewing the feasibility of a deposit return scheme for single use plastic. It has been suggested milk cartons would also be eligible for the scheme. “In February 2020, we committed to Northern Ireland’s continued participation in the development of UK-wide proposals to reform the packaging producer responsibility system and the introduction of a deposit return scheme,”…

A new locally-led farm and community biodiversity initiative has been announced by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The €1.25m initiative, which is under the Department’s Rural Development Programme (RDP), is seeking applications from groups of farmers. Minister of State, Pippa Hackett, who launched the initiative, said: “This is all about helping farmers and land managers to deliver for biodiversity, both on farms and at local level.” “It…

Wednesday’s selected Cattle mart price report: copyright LSL. Bullock 300-400kg Wed 10 Feb Avg Price/KgAAX 2.18/kgLMX 2.15/kgSIX 2.24/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SIX, 305kg 2.39/kg 730.00LMX,AAX, 324kg 2.28/kg 740.00HEX, 355kg 2.14/kg 760.00SIX, 325kg 2.09/kg 680.00AAX, 300kg 2.07/kg 620.00LMX, 395kg 2.03/kg 800.00 Bullock 400-500kg Wed 10 Feb Avg Price/KgLMX 2.33/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LMX, 405kg 2.57/kg 1040.00LMX, 420kg 2.43/kg 1020.00LMX, 470kg 2.32/kg 1090.00LMX, 415kg 2.02/kg 840.00HEX, 435kg 1.70/kg 740.00FRX, 400kg 1.5/kg 600.00 Bullock 500-600kg Wed 10…

Wednesday’s selected Sheep mart price report: copyright LSL. Lamb 40-50kg Wed 10 Feb Avg Price/KgLB 2.36/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LB, 45kg 2.91/kg 131.00LB, 48kg 2.90/kg 139.00LB, 49kg 2.80/kg 137.00LB, 48kg 2.79/kg 134.00LB, 40kg 2.78/kg 111.00LB, 46kg 2.76/kg 127.00 Lamb 50-60kg Wed 10 Feb Avg Price/KgLB 2.61/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LB, 50kg 2.8/kg 140.00LB, 51kg 2.69/kg 137.00LB, 50kg 2.66/kg 133.00LB, 54kg 2.61/kg 141.00LB, 54kg 2.61/kg 141.00LB, 53kg 2.60/kg 138.00 Lamb 60-70kg Wed 10 Feb Avg…

The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine is to scrutinise Bord na Móna’s decision to issue a blanket ban on the production of peat in Ireland. Discussion will be centred around the effect of stopping of peat production on other industries including nurseries, horticulture and mushroom growing. Stakeholders affected by the decision, including Bord na Móna, will appear in front of the committee over the next few weeks. Committee…

More than four in 10 farmers say they still don’t have fast and reliable broadband or strong enough mobile phone signals to be able to run their businesses properly. A survey of 430 farmers by the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) highlights how farmers are getting left behind as the gap widens between rural and urban connectivity.  NFU Deputy President Stuart Roberts said: “For too long, those living and working in…

Sleet and snow will continue to fall over much of the east, midlands and north. However, there will be rain showers in parts of the south and west. Lowest temperatures of -1 to 2C with fresh south easterly winds. LSL News.

Wednesday will be a cold but bright day. It will remain dry in many areas but scattered wintry showers will continue to affect north Leinster and east Ulster. Frost and ice will linger through much of the day as afternoon temperatures reach just 1 to 3C with a light to moderate easterly breeze. Isolated wintry showers in the east and northeast in the evening but mainly dry. However, rain, sleet…