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Beef Summer Budgets podcast

Aidan Murray, Teagasc Beef Specialist, joins Catherine Egan to talk about beef summer budgets on the latest Beef Edge podcast on 4, May 2022. Together they discuss what beef price you can afford to pay for stock, what impact costs will have on the bottom line, and what price will be needed to cover these costs. Aidan explains that the national kill has increased by 58,000 cattle so far this…

Banking woes as farmers battle to transfer their accounts

Ulster Bank’s decision to exit the Irish market seems to have impacted some farmer’s efforts to transfer their business and personal banking accounts. The Irish Farmer’s Association (IFA) has subsequently highlighted the matter, drawing attention to ongoing difficulties with the country’s main banks. The IFA plans to raise the issue with the Central Bank. Rose Mary McDonagh, the IFA national farm business chair said Ulster Bank’s departure was creating serious…

Embrace FARM Encircle Programme supports those affected by farm accidents

A newly launched one-on-one mentoring project, The Embrace FARM Encircle Programme, hopes to provide support to individuals and families in the aftermath of a farm accident, suspected suicide, sudden trauma or fatal illness. The venture is funded by the European Innovation Partnership (EIP), through the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Statistics compiled by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) show there have been over 200 farm-related deaths in Ireland over the last 10 years, plus 113 serious accidents recorded in…

Online Auctions – Thursday’s Calendar 05/05/2022

Thursday’s auctions on LSL. Register at www.lslauctions.com to take part. *Details correct at the time of publication. Auctions are subject to change without notification.

LSL Select Price Report – Cattle Mart 20/02/2023

LSL Select Price Report – Cattle Mart 04/05/2022

Wednesday’s selected Cattle Mart Price Report: Copyright LSL Auctions. BULLOCK-M 300-400KG Avg Price/KgCHX 2.73/kgLMX 2.80/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:CHX,LMX, 343kg 3.21/kg 1100.00LM, 355kg 3.15/kg 1120.00CHX, 325kg 3.08/kg 1000.00CHX, 395kg 2.78/kg 1100.00LMX,SHX, 390kg 2.69/kg 1050.00CHX, 370kg 2.65/kg 980.00 BULLOCK-M 400-500KG Avg Price/KgAAX 2.63/kgCHX 2.87/kgHEX 2.16/kgLM 3.13/kgLM,LMX 3.13/kgLMX 2.94/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LMX, 475kg 3.28/kg 1560.00LMX, 480kg 3.25/kg 1560.00LMX, 420kg 3.21/kg 1350.00LMX, 480kg 3.21/kg 1540.00LMX, 475kg 3.18/kg 1510.00LMX, 485kg 3.18/kg 1540.00 BULLOCK-M 500-600KG Avg Price/KgCHX 3.18/kgLM…

LSL Select Price Report – Sheep Mart 16/09/2022

LSL Select Price Report – Sheep Mart 04/05/2022

Wednesday’s selected Sheep Mart Price Report: Copyright LSL Auctions. LB 30-40KG Avg Price/KgLB 2.26/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LB, 39kg 2.56/kg 100.00LB, 37kg 1.95/kg 72.00 LB 40-50KG Avg Price/KgLB 3.57/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LB, 42kg 3.86/kg 162.00LB, 43kg 3.84/kg 165.00LB, 42kg 3.83/kg 161.00LB, 42kg 3.81/kg 160.00LB, 44kg 3.80/kg 167.00LB, 42kg 3.79/kg 159.00 LB 50-60KG Avg Price/KgLB 2.95/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LB, 52kg 3.12/kg 162.00LB, 53kg 3.08/kg 163.00LB, 52kg 3.04/kg 158.00LB, 52kg 3.04/kg 158.00LB, 52kg 3/kg 156.00LB, 50kg…

Calf exports stall again with another vessel in dry dock

As another vessel authorised to transport livestock enters the dry dock, European customers have no choice but to wait for their Irish calf exports to cross the water from Ireland to France. The Stena Horizon, from Stena Line, has already been in the dry dock for around five weeks. Now it’s the turn of Irish Ferries’ WB Yeats. Routine services don’t always go according to plan. However, the vessel is…

Pesticide sales down by 21% since 2011

New Eurostat data confirms that pesticide sales in Ireland have dropped by almost a quarter overall from 2011 to 2020. Specifically, herbicide, fungicide, and insecticide producers are selling less. Slug pellets are the only category doing well. Insecticide sales have dropped the most – by almost 80%. Herbicide and fungicide producers saw turnover fall by 20% and 29% respectively. The decade saw an overall sales volume decrease in the pesticide…

Satellite farming in the spotlight

Sons and daughters wanting to operate their Galway family farms along side roads are turning to satellite farming. This is because planning permission is becoming increasingly difficult to secure. Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), which is responsible for the national roads network, wants to limit traffic leading from side roads to main roads. However, adult children whose parents have homes and farmland along these side roads travel there frequently anyway. This…

Watch out for those farmyard germs

Children who love rural life can get nasty farmyard germs from direct contact with lambs or calves, warns Dr Catherine Conlon, author and senior medical officer at St Finbarr’s Hospital in Cork. Even if the animals look healthy and their environment is clean, farmyard germs exist in them and their surroundings. The HSE’s Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) recently shared an alert to this effect. This follows an increase in…

Cotter Crate makes sheep handling tasks quick and easy

Cotter Agritech has launched a new sheep handling, weighing and targeted worming system dubbed the Cotter Crate. It’s marketed as a sheep handling crate that makes carrying out stock management tasks for both lambs and adult sheep quick, easy and safe, including dosing, vaccinating, tagging, dagging, weighing, mouthing, body condition scoring, and 3-way drafting. The Cotter Crate system is thought to take the effort out of sheep work while allowing…

Large portion of Ireland’s dairy herd may be struggling with mastitis

Mastitis, or udder infection, generally leads to an increase in bulk milk somatic cell count (BMSCC), and is an important cause of reduced milk quality. Research led by UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, guided by the technical working group of CellCheck now cautions that improvements in national milk quality seem to have “plateaued”. As such, some veterinary scientists have warned that the criteria for the eligibility of Irish herds to…

British Meat Processors Association comments on border checks

The British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) has expressed their relief that after months of uncertainty, it is welcome news that border checks will be eased from 1 July, 2022. But this, they say, is “a real double-edged sword for British businesses”, as on the one hand it makes importing the one quarter of food that stocks UK supermarket shelves cheaper and easier to get into the country, but this does…

Silage support scheme “a step forward” for livestock farmers

With talk of a silage package which translates to payment of €100/ha, IFA president Tim Cullinan comments that the silage support scheme is a step forward, but that food security concerns still remain. Cullinan adds that, “We are already behind time in encouraging farmers to maximise grass growth,” and as such, he urges Agriculture Charlie McConalogue to move quickly to get the silage support scheme up and running. John Keane,…

GVM Limerick – Tiernahilla, Newcastle West, Co. Limerick- 05/05

GVM Auctioneers Limerick brings to auction via LSL Auctions, for sale by public or online auction in our Limerick City Auction Rooms at 25/26 Glentworth Street, Limerick City, on 5 May at 3pm. Description: Prime roadside holding extending to Circa 72.5 st acres of good quality agricultural land located on the main road linking Newcastlewest to Bruree (Bruff Line-R520) just 9 km from Newcastlewest and very close to Snows Cross and within easy…

Online Auctions – Wednesday’s Calendar 04/05/2022

Wednesday’s auctions on LSL. Register at www.lslauctions.com to take part. *Details correct at the time of publication. Auctions are subject to change without notification.

LSL Select Price Report – Cattle Mart 31/01/2023

LSL Select Price Report – Cattle Mart 03/05/2022

Tuesday’s selected Cattle Mart Price Report: Copyright LSL Auctions. FAT COW 400-500KG Highest Price/Kg Lots:AUX, 470kg 2.47/kg 1160.00SAX, 484kg 2.44/kg 1180.00 FAT COW 500-600KG Avg Price/KgCHX 2.45/kgFRX 1.82/kgHEX 1.94/kgKE 1.98/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SAX, 500kg 2.54/kg 1270.00CHX, 560kg 2.5/kg 1400.00CHX, 584kg 2.40/kg 1400.00HEX, 500kg 2.22/kg 1110.00KE, 570kg 2.07/kg 1180.00AAX, 586kg 1.96/kg 1150.00 FAT COW 600-700KG Avg Price/KgAAX 2.24/kgCHX 2.34/kgFR 1.92/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LMX, 656kg 2.44/kg 1600.00CHX, 626kg 2.43/kg 1520.00SAX, 656kg 2.35/kg 1540.00AAX, 636kg…

LSL Select Price Report – Sheep Mart 20/07/2022

LSL Select Price Report – Sheep Mart 03/05/2022

Tuesday’s selected Sheep Mart Price Report: Copyright LSL Auctions. LB 30-40KG Avg Price/Kg2.80/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:, 38kg 3.63/kg 138.00, 32kg 2.98/kg 95.00, 33kg 2.85/kg 95.00, 35kg 2.68/kg 95.00, 36kg 2.51/kg 91.00, 31kg 2.11/kg 65.00 LB 40-50KG Avg Price/Kg3.47/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:, 42kg 3.82/kg 161.00, 42kg 3.80/kg 161.00, 43kg 3.74/kg 162.00, 44kg 3.68/kg 161.00, 45kg 3.65/kg 165.00, 45kg 3.65/kg 165.00 LB 50-60KG Avg Price/Kg3.16/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:, 50kg 3.33/kg 168.00, 50kg 3.28/kg 165.00, 50kg…

Four f’s – the support needed for sheep farmers

Fuel, fertiliser, feed, and finance – sheep farmers need support in all four areas to compensate for the lack of resources and cash flow to produce sheepmeat. The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) highlighted this in a report to the Minister for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue. It applies to the rest of 2022 as well as winter 2023. The sheep sector is vulnerable to the rising cost of inflation. As a result,…

Electricity and gas prices rise

Electricity and gas prices in Ireland are higher as of 1 May, 2022. The price hikes are concurrent with government’s 10-year programme for the gradual increase of the carbon tax. The carbon tax applies to carbon-emitting fuels such as coal, peat, oil, and natural gas. From 1 June, 2022, the carbon tax will increase to EUR 41 from EUR 33.50 per tonne. The carbon tax will rise to EUR 100…

Smaller Dublin apartments get higher yields

Keen to get higher returns on rental property? Buy smaller Dublin apartments to achieve a better return on investment. Gross rental yields in Dublin 1, Dublin 3, Dublin 6W, Dublin 7, and Dublin 8 are excellent, ranging from 6.19% to 7.96%. For a landlord, the gross rental yield is the rent earned before tax, vacancy, and other costs in relation to what he paid for the property. You can get more…

Multi-species swards boost lamb growth

Spring 2022 has been cold and dry, but grass growth continues at UCD Lyons Farm. What’s more, multi-species swards at their experimental sheep platform are proving to boost lamb growth. UCD is the only third-level Irish university with its own teaching and research farm. This enables students and academics to access large animal and crop enterprises for teaching and research programmes. UCD’s grass growth rate is close to 40kgDM per…

Research aims to find plant varieties resistant to climate change

A new venture which explores climate change-resistant plant varieties has been established by The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Florimond Desprez. The project hopes to increase the resistance of agricultural systems, and reduce the environmental footprint of farming activities while safeguarding agricultural yields. François Desprez, the Chair of Florimond Desprez, comments that, “In light of the need for an agro-ecological transition, the challenges of climate change and the crucial importance…

Staff shortages and pet ownership boom impacting vets

Vetoquinol UK, a veterinary pharmaceutical company, has established that vets are currently facing excessively demanding workloads. The data is a result of a study of over 200 veterinary professionals, which found that 63% feel their mental health has worsened since taking up their profession. Factors contributing to their poor mental status include high-stress levels and unmanageable expectations from clients. Staff shortages and the pandemic pet ownership boom have contributed to…

Invitation for soil restoration and management research proposals

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is calling on eligible Irish Research Performing Organisations (RPOs) to submit joint research proposals under the EJP SOIL International Call on managing and mapping agricultural soils for enhancing soil functions and services. The objective being to foster farm management practices contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation. To achieve, applicants seeking grant-aid from DAFM can apply for funding under a range of…

Quinn Property auction Baltinglass Street Stratford-On-Slaney Co Wicklow

Quinn Property – Baltinglass Street, Stratford-On-Slaney, Co Wicklow – 05/05

Quinn Property brings to auction via LSL Auctions a residential property at Baltinglass Street, Stratford-On-Slaney, Co Wicklow on 5 May, 2022 at 16:00. 4 Lots: Lot 1: Traditional cottage on C. 0.3 acres Lot 2: C. 0.6 acre site zoned residential Lot 3: C. 0.22 acre site with planning permission for a four bedroom residence (restrictions apply). Lot 4: The Entire See the catalogue: Here. Contact Quinn Property on: +353 53…

Online Auctions – Tuesday’s Calendar 03/05/2022

Tuesday’s auctions on LSL. Register at www.lslauctions.com to take part. *Details correct at the time of publication. Auctions are subject to change without notification.

Sheep farmers unlikely to benefit from US market access

Gaining access to the US market for sheepmeat will only be worthwhile if it puts extra money in farmers’ pockets. ICSA sheep chair Sean McNamara says farmers are increasingly sceptical about whether the opening of new markets has any real benefit for them. Previously, these announcements have not prompted a strengthening of prices. “In theory, the more markets the better for farmers. But the reality is that farmers have not…

Build to rent schemes unsustainable in Dublin

Dublin City Council chief executive Owen Keegan says too many build-to-rent schemes in Dublin have made them unsustainable. What’s more, this could impact the long-term housing needs of the city. In 2020, the number of these schemes applied for or granted was almost 82%. That’s up from just over 15% in 2018. Therefore, the new city development plan should restrict the number of build-to-rent schemes included. And this is contrary to…

Public advised to be wary of a new puppy scam

The USPCA, Northern Ireland’s animal welfare charity, has published a new puppy scam alert. Illegal puppy farmers are inventing new ways to fake legitimacy and make a quick buck at the cost of the poor animal’s wellbeing. They are insisting on home checks before handing over the puppy. However, they don’t execute them. They simply want cash in an envelope handed over on the doorstep. This puppy scam alert is…