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Join Teagasc’s tillage farm walks this June

This month’s Tillage Signpost and IPMWorks Farm Walks will address sustainability challenges and solutions on tillage farms such as water quality and nitrates, reducing pesticides, and developing non-plough-based systems on farms. IPMWorks is an EU-wide farm network established to demonstrate and promote cost-effective strategies on Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Walk the farm of John Crowley, Tinnashrule, Ferns, Co. Wexford, Y21 TX82 on Tuesday, 28 June, 2022 at 11am. Darren Allen’s Ballymaloe Farm is the venue…

LSL Select Price Report – Cattle Mart 26/01/2023

LSL Select Price Report – Cattle Mart 15/06/2022

Wednesday’s selected Cattle Mart Price Report: Copyright LSL Auctions. HEIFER-F 300-400KG Avg Price/KgBBX 2.64/kgCHX 2.65/kgLMX 2.78/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LMX, 365kg 3.32/kg 1210.00CHX, 350kg 2.97/kg 1040.00LMX, 345kg 2.90/kg 1000.00LMX, 350kg 2.89/kg 1010.00CHX, 382kg 2.88/kg 1100.00CHX, 385kg 2.86/kg 1100.00 HEIFER-F 400-500KG Avg Price/KgBBX 2.63/kgCHX 2.65/kgHEX 2.44/kgLMX 2.79/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LMX, 400kg 2.98/kg 1190.00BBX, 430kg 2.86/kg 1230.00LMX, 475kg 2.82/kg 1340.00LMX, 480kg 2.81/kg 1350.00CHX, 480kg 2.81/kg 1350.00CHX, 415kg 2.77/kg 1150.00 HEIFER-F 500-600KG Avg Price/KgCHX 2.85/kgHEX 2.26/kgLM…

LSL Select Price Report – Sheep Mart – 17/02/2023

LSL Select Price Report – Sheep Mart 15/06/2022

Wednesday’s selected Sheep Mart Price Report: Copyright LSL Auctions. SHEEP 80-90KG Avg Price/KgSHEEP 1.94/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SHEEP, 87kg 2.02/kg 176.00SHEEP, 85kg 1.99/kg 169.00SHEEP, 87kg 1.82/kg 158.00 LB 30-40KG Avg Price/KgLB 3.52/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LB, 39kg 3.56/kg 139.00LB, 38kg 3.47/kg 132.00 LB 40-50KG Avg Price/KgLB 3.60/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LB, 40kg 4/kg 160.00LB, 44kg 3.95/kg 174.00LB, 42kg 3.95/kg 166.00LB, 40kg 3.95/kg 158.00LB, 44kg 3.93/kg 173.00LB, 44kg 3.93/kg 173.00 LB 50-60KG Avg Price/KgLB 3.20/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LB,…

New Gorey Agricultural Show location

The Gorey Agricultural Show Committee is delighted to announce that the venue for their 2022 event is Ashton, Ballycanew, by kind permission of Mrs Anne Hardy and Family. The Hardy Family are well associated with Gorey Agricultural Show having previously hosted the show from 1995 to 2009. The showcase has had a variety of homes over the years, most recently at Clonattin, Gorey in 2019, and now Ashton makes a…

Major changes to Farm Assist Means Test

Substantial changes have been made to the Farm Assist Means Test, which will benefit thousands of farmers. This was introduced yesterday, 14 June 2022, by Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys. The Minister has signed regulations that will introduce a new income disregard which will ensure farmers who avail of Agri-Environmental Schemes will not see their social welfare payments impacted. As such, an income disregard will now be applied to the…

Huge 178% jump of fertiliser prices in just one year

The latest data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) shows that fertiliser prices have increased by a whopping 178% in the year up to April 2022. And according to the Agricultural Price Indices, the cost of fertiliser last month rose by over 16% compared to March. The CSO figures indicate that energy prices jumped by 43%, while feed costs rose by 27% over the 12-month period. The agricultural input price index…

Higher output prices push up farm incomes, Teagasc Farm Survey

A Teagasc review, released yesterday 14 June, 2022, has concluded that higher output prices across most farm enterprises were the main driver of the increase in farm incomes in 2021. But, the scale of the increase in income varied considerably across farm systems. The observations were noted in the Teagasc National Farm Survey 2021, and are representative of almost 85,000 farms in Ireland. Summing up factors which affected production costs,…

Sick Pay Bill on the cards for farmers

Farmers should prepare for statutory sick pay for their employees, according to ifac. “At a time when input costs for everything from feed and fertiliser to energy, transport, and labour are rising, it is particularly important that farmers with employees do not overlook making provision for statutory sick pay in their budgets for next year. This year’s introduction of statutory sick pay is an additional cost that farmers with employees…

Enter the West Cork Farming Awards

Nominations and applications are invited for the eighth annual West Cork Farming Awards. West Cork is renowned for its farming culture and exceptional quality produce and these awards champion everything great about the region’s agricultural sector. The awards, run by The Southern Star and The Celtic Ross Hotel, in association with ifac, celebrate the wonderful people, families, businesses, and organisations involved in farming throughout West Cork. They promote and raise…

LSL Select Price Report – Cattle Mart 28/06/2022

LSL Select Price Report – Cattle Mart 14/06/2022

Tuesday’s selected Cattle Mart Price Report: Copyright LSL Auctions. M BULL 300-400KG Highest Price/Kg Lots:FR, 395kg 1.57/kg 620.00FRX, 350kg 1.43/kg 500.00 M BULL 400-500KG Highest Price/Kg Lots:AAX, 450kg 1.53/kg 690.00FRX, 400kg 0/kg 0.00 M BULLOCK 300-400KG Avg Price/KgAAX 2.31/kgCHX 2.52/kgFR 2.03/kgFRX 1.81/kgFRX,FR 1.98/kgHEX 2.42/kgLMX 2.28/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LMX, 390kg 2.92/kg 1140.00CHX, 320kg 2.88/kg 920.00LMX, 351kg 2.76/kg 970.00AU, 381kg 2.73/kg 1040.00AAX, 328kg 2.71/kg 890.00AAX, 310kg 2.68/kg 830.00 M BULLOCK 400-500KG Avg Price/KgAAX…

LSL Select Price Report – Sheep Mart 21/06/2022

LSL Select Price Report – Sheep Mart 14/06/2022

Tuesday’s selected Sheep Mart Price Report: Copyright LSL Auctions. LAMB 20-30KG Avg Price/KgLAMB 2.11/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LAMB, 27kg 3.26/kg 89.00LAMB, 26kg 2.88/kg 74.00LAMB, 28kg 0.18/kg 5.00 LAMB 30-40KG Avg Price/KgLAMB 2.91/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LAMB, 39kg 3.40/kg 134.00LAMB, 38kg 3.35/kg 126.00LAMB, 32kg 3.31/kg 106.00LAMB, 33kg 3.29/kg 110.00LAMB, 34kg 3.27/kg 112.00LAMB, 31kg 3.25/kg 100.00 LAMB 40-50KG Avg Price/KgLAMB 2.86/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LAMB, 40kg 3.5/kg 140.00LAMB, 44kg 3.34/kg 147.00LAMB, 46kg 2.52/kg 116.00LAMB, 41kg 2.46/kg 100.00LAMB, 46kg…

Livestock and equestrian competitions at Flavours of Fingal

The Flavours of Fingal County Show is something of a merger of urban and rural communities, who get to display the best of local Irish food, crafts and trade stands. It will be hosted at Newbridge House & Farm, Donabate, Ireland from 2 to 3 July, 2022. Punters can also enter their prized livestock in Flavours of Fingal competitions, as well as participate in a range of other competitive events spanning…

Call for The Wool Feasibility Study to be published

The Wool Feasibility Study is still under review, and ICSA Sheep chair Sean McNamara is calling for the immediate publication of the report. This is as “anger grows among sheep farmers due to ridiculously low wool prices in Ireland.” Mr McNamara comments that while wool prices are struggling internationally, Irish wool prices are particularly bad. “Farmers in the North and Great Britain have received 36.4p/kg STG (42c/kg) for wool for…

Apply to Horticulture Exceptional Aid Package by Friday

Applications to the Horticulture Exceptional Aid Package close on Friday, 17 June, 2022. However, soft fruit growers remain excluded. IFA raised this issue when the scheme was announced in April. Soft fruit growers are combatting the same input costs as all other horticultural growers and those with heated glass even more so. Vegetable growers’ applications appear to be based on land declared in the Basic Payment Scheme application, which will…

Male farmers should check prostate health – Men’s Health Week

International Men’s Health Week focuses on early detection and treatment of health difficulties such as prostate cancer in men. “The call to men (and those who support the health of men) is The Action Starts With You,” said IFA Farm Family and Social Affairs Chair Alice Doyle. “Prostate cancer is the most common cancer for men in Ireland, with about 3,890 diagnosed with prostate cancer each year. It is primarily…

Good prices across all sections at Ballymote Mart

Ballymote Mart saw brisk trade across all sections last Thursday, 9 June, 2022 with bullocks getting prices up to €2,330. Heifers sold for €1,730 and suckler prices reached €1,560. What’s more, a July-2015-born Limousin-cross (no calf reg) sold for €3,160 in the dry cow ring. Prices for bullocks ranged from €700 to €1,590 over: CHX – 740kg – €2,330 SAX – 715kg – €2,300 CHX – 755kg – €2,240. Prices…

LSL Select Price Report – Cattle Mart 27/01/2023

LSL Select Price Report – Cattle Mart 13/06/2022

Monday’s selected Cattle Mart Price Report: Copyright LSL Auctions. CO 400-500KG Avg Price/KgCO 1.64/kgFR 1.95/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:FR, 495kg 2.69/kg 1330.00BBX, 475kg 2.38/kg 1130.00CHX, 485kg 2.19/kg 1060.00FR, 485kg 1.98/kg 960.00HEX, 445kg 1.91/kg 850.00CO, 440kg 1.86/kg 820.00 CO 500-600KG Avg Price/KgAAX 1.83/kgAU 2.13/kgCO 2.05/kgFR 1.90/kgFRX 1.79/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:FR, 520kg 2.37/kg 1230.00CO, 545kg 2.29/kg 1250.00FR, 590kg 2.24/kg 1320.00SHX, 555kg 2.22/kg 1230.00AU, 545kg 2.20/kg 1200.00FR, 555kg 2.20/kg 1220.00 CO 600-700KG Avg Price/KgCO 2.00/kgFR 2.12/kgFRX…

LSL Select Price Report – Sheep Mart – 06/02/2023

LSL Select Price Report – Sheep Mart 13/06/2022

Monday’s selected Sheep Mart Price Report: Copyright LSL Auctions. SH 30-40KG Avg Price/KgSH 3.41/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SH, 39kg 3.67/kg 143.00SH, 38kg 3.55/kg 135.00SH, 39kg 3.49/kg 136.00SH, 39kg 3.44/kg 134.00SH, 38kg 3.42/kg 130.00SH, 33kg 3.30/kg 109.00 SH 40-50KG Avg Price/KgSH 3.49/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SH, 41kg 3.73/kg 153.00SH, 44kg 3.73/kg 164.00SH, 44kg 3.73/kg 164.00SH, 44kg 3.68/kg 162.00SH, 44kg 3.68/kg 162.00SH, 43kg 3.67/kg 158.00 SH 50-60KG Avg Price/KgSH 3.19/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SH, 50kg 3.5/kg 175.00SH, 50kg…

ICSA to host Farm Debt Solutions webinar

A webinar focusing on Farm Debt Solutions will be presented by ICSA, in association with FPM Accountants. This will take place on the evening of Wednesday, 15 June, 2022 at 8pm. The free event has been designed to help those in the farming community who are struggling with unmanageable debt or mortgage arrears. It will feature prominent insolvency practitioner Gary Digney from accounting firm FPM. Dermot Kelleher, ICSA president, commented on the…

Ashley Waller – Machinery, Plant Equipment, Vehicles, Implements, Tools – 1406

Ashley Waller Auctioneers Machinery brings to auction a Monthly Auction of Machinery, Plant Equipment, Vehicles, Implements, Tools via LSL Auctions on Tuesday, 14 June, 2022 at 09:30. Lots include:AN AXMINSTER VARIABLE SPEED PILLAR DRILL NO VAT A VICEROY SHARPEDGE 16″TOOL SHARPENER NO VAT A DTP6 RIVET PRESS NO VAT A KENNEDY MINIATURE POWER HACKSAW NO VAT A CLARKE SCROLL SAW NO VAT A DEWALT DW3501 BAND SAW NO VAT A…

June rainfall favours crop growth and development

Rainfall in the first week of June was welcome as soil moisture deficits were at 50mm in the southeast, according to Mark Plunkett, Soil & Plant Nutrition Specialist at Teagasc. His recent tillage crop report states that spring barley crops have developed quite well over the last seven to 10 days with many crops now at or approaching the correct stage for the final fungicide application (T2). The correct time for the…

Walk the farm that produces award-winning milk

The next Teagasc quality milk farm walk will be held at the McCarthy Family Farm, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick on 15 June, 2022 at 1.30pm. The McCarthy family is the 2021 national winner of the NDC and Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards. “Irish farming is more than just a business, it is a way of life. Irish farmers learn their craft from their parents and grandparents before them. In every sense, Irish farmers…

Pig industry in dire straits, report finds

A report by PwC on the pig industry in Ireland states that 10% of pig farmers exited the sector in recent months, with a further 20% at risk of leaving. IFA Pigs Chairman Roy Gallie said the report highlights a sector that is on the brink of collapse. “The PwC analysis confirms just how dire a position the pig sector is in at the moment. The month of May showed no…

Board facilitates opening of €40m meat plant

The number of animals to be slaughtered at a new meat plant at Banagher, Co Offaly, is estimated at 36,000 per annum. This is as An Bord Pleanala granted planning permission for the contentious €40m Chinese-backed processing plant. Permission was given after the board’s inspector, Stephen Kay, found that “the proposed development would not be likely to have a significant negative environmental impact in terms of climate”. The appeals board…

Milk indices trending higher – price increase imminent

IFA Dairy chairman Stephen Arthur says processors must step up with a meaningful price increase for May milk if they do not wish to see supply fall further in the second half of the year. Statistics released by the Central Statistics Office show that milk supply for the first four months of 2022 was lower than 2021, despite an increase in milk price. “This reflects the massively higher cost of…

Teagasc National Sheep Open Day – 18 June, 2022

Join Teagasc for its National Sheep Open Day programme at its Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre in Athenry on Saturday, 18 June, 2022 and discover more about the latest research and technical advice emerging from the Teagasc Sheep programme and how to apply it at farm level. There will be a mix of technical presentations and interactive workshops dealing with all the main areas important to Irish sheep production.…

LSL Select Price Report – Cattle Mart 17/06/2022

LSL Select Price Report – Sheep Mart 10/06/2022

Friday’s selected Sheep Mart Price Report: Copyright LSL Auctions. SHEEP 30-40KG Avg Price/KgSHEEP 3.46/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SHEEP, 35kg 3.51/kg 123.00SHEEP, 37kg 3.49/kg 129.00SHEEP, 38kg 3.45/kg 131.00SHEEP, 34kg 3.41/kg 116.00 SHEEP 40-50KG Avg Price/KgSHEEP 3.55/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SHEEP, 41kg 3.90/kg 160.00SHEEP, 42kg 3.83/kg 161.00SHEEP, 43kg 3.81/kg 164.00SHEEP, 42kg 3.79/kg 159.00SHEEP, 42kg 3.76/kg 158.00SHEEP, 44kg 3.68/kg 162.00 SHEEP 50-60KG Avg Price/KgSHEEP 2.85/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SHEEP, 50kg 3.52/kg 176.00SHEEP, 54kg 3.26/kg 176.00SHEEP, 51kg 3.22/kg 164.00SHEEP, 51kg…

LSL Select Price Report – Cattle Mart 11/08/2022

LSL Select Price Report – Cattle Mart 10/06/2022

Friday’s selected Cattle Mart Price Report: Copyright LSL Auctions. BK 300-400KG Avg Price/KgAAX 2.87/kgCHX 3.06/kgLMX 3.04/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LMX, 325kg 3.82/kg 1240.00CHX, 305kg 3.44/kg 1050.00AAX, 305kg 3.38/kg 1030.00CHX, 362kg 3.20/kg 1160.00AAX, 335kg 3.04/kg 1020.00LMX, 375kg 2.99/kg 1120.00 BK 400-500KG Avg Price/KgAAX 2.84/kgCHX 3.09/kgLMX 2.83/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:CHX, 440kg 4.68/kg 2060.00CHX, 465kg 3.46/kg 1610.00CHX, 490kg 3.43/kg 1680.00CHX, 470kg 3.28/kg 1540.00CHX, 428kg 3.25/kg 1390.00CHX, 455kg 3.23/kg 1470.00 BK 500-600KG Avg Price/KgCHX 3.10/kgLMX 2.90/kgSIX 2.66/kgHighest…

Pledges made at National Biodiversity Conference 2022

Ireland’s second National Biodiversity Conference 2022 was held in Dublin Castle and streamed live online over two days this week on 8 and 9 June, 2022. In his keynote address the Taoiseach Micheál Martin pledged government support for the outcomes of the 2-day event, adding that “the time has come for a new era of stewardship of our natural world.” He said that the deliberations are vitally important to the future of…

Start of Organic Farming Scheme balancing payments

The commencement of the 2021 balancing payments for the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) has been announced by Minister of State in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett. She said: “I am delighted to announce the commencement of the 2021 balancing payments to organic farmers. Over 1,000 farmers have received payments totaling over €784,000. Payments will continue to issue over the coming weeks.” “The Organic Farming…