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McDonald’s UK & Ireland and FAI have been announced as winners of the Sustainable Food and Farming Award for 2021. The award from Compassion in World Farming celebrates businesses that have taken significant steps to produce meat, dairy and eggs sustainably and in ways that protect improve and restore wildlife. McDonald’s and FAI received the prize for their Regenerative Beef project – which shows how beef farms can be adapted…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-M186-211507 This big bullock had big interest at Carnaross Mart yesterday. Lot 24A: Sex: M – Breed: BBX – DOB: 07/03/2019 – Owners: 2 – Export: N – QA: Y – TB: 12/03/2021 – BVD: 03/04/2019 – Days in Herd: 590 – Calf Registered: N. Sold for €2150.00 online via LSL Auctions. Watch the clip on LSL TV. Check out the rest of today’s…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-M198-961304 The most popular lot at GVM Group Tullamore Mart from Monday’s sales. Take a look at this pair: Sex: M – Breed: SIX – DOB: 09/03/2021 – Owners: 2 – Export: N – TB: N, Sex: F – Breed: SIX – DOB: 04/03/2014 – Owners: 2 – Export: N – TB: 17/11/2020. Great stock, sold for €2130.00 online via LSL Auctions. Check out the rest of today’s action live and replay on-demand with…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-STRANO-961764 This huge Belgian Blue was the stand-out lot at Ballybofey & Stranorlar Co-operative Livestock Mart last night. Be sure to check out Lot 51: BB – DOB: 03/12/2011 – Owners: 2 – Export: N – Days in Herd: – 2Mv. Sold for €2490.00 online via LSL Auctions. Check out the rest of today’s action live and replay on-demand with the all new LSL…

It looks set to be a mostly dry and warm day on Tuesday with spells of hazy sunshine. Highest temperatures of 20 to 23C, in light northerly or variable breezes and less warm along the coast due to onshore northerly winds. LSL News.

Rain or showers, heavy with a risk of thunder, in the south on Tuesday. Mainly fine and warm elsewhere, these conditions becoming more widespread through the rest of the period. LSL News.

Monday’s selected Cattle mart price report: copyright LSL. BULLOCK 300-400kg Mon 28 Jun Avg Price/KgAAX 2.27/kgAAX,FR 2.35/kgBBX 2.29/kgFR 2.14/kgFR,FRX 2.27/kgFRX 2.20/kgHEX 2.24/kgSIX 2.53/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:FR,FRX, 341kg 3.28/kg 1120.00CHX, 330kg 2.70/kg 890.00SIX, 363kg 2.53/kg 920.00SIX, 318kg 2.52/kg 800.00AAX,FR, 389kg 2.44/kg 950.00AAX, 365kg 2.41/kg 880.00 BULLOCK 400-500kg Mon 28 Jun Avg Price/KgAAX 2.21/kgCHX 2.37/kgFR 1.85/kgFR,FRX 1.83/kgFRX 1.86/kgHEX 1.85/kgLMX 2.29/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:CHX,LMX, 471kg 2.42/kg 1140.00CHX, 407kg 2.38/kg 970.00LMX, 460kg 2.35/kg 1080.00AAX, 410kg 2.32/kg…

Monday’s selected Sheep mart price report: copyright LSL. SHEEP 30-40kg Mon 28 Jun Avg Price/KgSHEEP 2.21/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SHEEP, 32kg 2.71/kg 88.00SHEEP, 37kg 2.70/kg 100.00SHEEP, 36kg 2.68/kg 96.00SHEEP, 35kg 2.66/kg 93.00SHEEP, 37kg 2.59/kg 95.00SHEEP, 40kg 2.48/kg 98.00 SHEEP 40-50kg Mon 28 Jun Avg Price/KgSHEEP 2.71/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SHEEP, 44kg 2.96/kg 131.00SHEEP, 45kg 2.89/kg 130.00SHEEP, 43kg 2.88/kg 124.00SHEEP, 42kg 2.88/kg 121.00SHEEP, 42kg 2.85/kg 120.00SHEEP, 44kg 2.84/kg 126.00 SHEEP 50-60kg Mon 28 Jun Avg…

Auctioneers are offering plots of land and a traditional farmhouse in Co. Westmeath, either in three separate lots or all together in a fourth lot for sale on Wednesday 7 July at 4:00pm. The auction by James L. Murtagh will take place in the Greville Arms Hotel, Mullingar, on Wednesday 7 July 2021, at 4pm and online with LSL Auctions. The property and lands are in Carn, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath. …

A provisional deal has been reached between the European Union and EU governments on reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).  The agreement sets out how €270 billion of budget funds will be spent on farms until 2027.  This follows a three year struggle over the future of CAP, and the deal hopes to balance the interests of farmers and national governments on one side and green interests of the…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-BALLIN-956996 Big interest in this limousin bull at Ballinasloe Cooperative Livestock Mart on Saturday. Must see Lot 7: Breed: LMX – DOB: 11/06/2019 – Owners: 1 – Export: N – QA: N – Days in Herd: – 1Mv, sold for €2360.00 online via LSL Auctions. Watch the video clip on LSL TV. Check out the rest of today’s action live and replay on-demand with…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-M100-958116 TOP selling lot of the weekend at Carnew Mart. Take a look at this limousin heifer in Lot 1221: Breed: LMX – DOB: 22/06/2019 – Owners: 2 – QA: Y – Days in Herd: 70. Sold for an outstanding price of €3100.00 online via LSLAuctions.com Check out the rest of today’s action live and replay on-demand with the all new LSL TV App…

Saturday will see a mix of cloud and sunny spells. While it will be mostly dry, isolated showers are possible through the afternoon and evening, mainly in the east. Highest temperatures of 14 to 18C, in light to moderate northeasterly breezes.  It will be a largely cloudy day on Sunday with cloud building up during the morning along with some sunshine. Scattered showers are likely and more rain developing in…

Friday’s selected Cattle mart price report: copyright LSL. HEIFER 300-400kg Fri 25 Jun Avg Price/KgCHX 2.58/kgLMX 2.52/kgSA 2.55/kgSAX 2.36/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:CHX, 345kg 2.93/kg 1010.00LM, 390kg 2.92/kg 1140.00LMX, 305kg 2.89/kg 880.00CHX, 378kg 2.83/kg 1070.00CHX, 370kg 2.81/kg 1040.00CHX, 365kg 2.79/kg 1020.00 HEIFER 400-500kg Fri 25 Jun Avg Price/KgAAX 1.96/kgCHX 2.47/kgLMX 2.33/kgSAX 2.25/kgSIX 2.50/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LMX, 495kg 2.77/kg 1370.00CHX, 400kg 2.75/kg 1100.00CHX, 410kg 2.71/kg 1110.00LMX, 475kg 2.69/kg 1280.00LMX, 465kg 2.69/kg 1250.00LMX, 480kg 2.67/kg…

A 24-acre non-res farm in Mullingar has been sold for €460,000 by Murtagh Bros and LSL Auctions.At the online auction yesterday (Thursday) the price reached equates to €18585.86 per acre. A guide price of €300,000 had been expected for the land. The lot consists of pasture land with mature timber and parkland setting. The farm is located minutes from Mullingar town in Co. Westmeath. Agents said the land with road frontage…

Irish farmers will be protesting with climate change activists Extinction Rebellion (XRI) in a demonstration today (Friday 25 June) outside the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in Dublin. Negotiations on the EU’s Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) are expected to end this weekend but XRI is calling for positive policy change and a fair transition.  Farmer and campaigner Gerry Loftus said: “We must have a proper livelihood for farmers,…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-M198-953043 Stand-out lot at GVM Group Tullamore Mart GVM Group this week. Have you seen Lot 901? Sex: F – Breed: CH – DOB: 04/10/2008 – Owners: 1 – Export: N – TB: 22/10/2020. This Charolais sold for €2190.00 online via LSL Auctions. Watch the video clip on LSL TV. Check out the rest of today’s action live and replay on-demand with the all new LSL TV App for…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-M186-211295 This first calver was the top selling lot at Carnaross Mart at Thursday’s sales. Lot 105; Sex: F – Breed: FR – DOB: 26/02/2019 – Owners: 1 – Export: Y – QA: Y – TB: 21/06/2021 – BVD: 11/03/2019 – Days in Herd: 849 – Calf Registered: Y, sold for €2140.00 via LSL Auctions. Watch the video replay on LSL TV. Check out…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-BALLYM-953382 Highest selling limousin pair at Aurivo Livestock Mart Ballymote yesterday. Take a look at Lot 2600; Sex: M – Breed: LMX – DOB: 14/06/2021 – Owners: 1 – Export: Y – QA: N, Sex: F – Breed: LMX – DOB: 30/01/2013 – Owners: 3 – Export: N – QA: N- TB: 26/02/2021. Sold for €2100.00 online via LSL Auctions. Watch the video clip…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-GORT-954468 Popular mart on LSL TV on-demand replays, with big interest in Lot 704 at Gort Co Operative Mart Ltd. Have a look at this outfit, Simmental heifer with bull calf at foot; Sex: M – Breed: LMX – DOB: 28/03/2021 – Owners: 1 – Export: N, Sex: F – Breed: SIX – DOB: 05/04/2016 – Owners: 2 – Export: N – TB: 07/08/2020.…

Record Breaking Land & Property Auction Online with Murtagh Bros & LSL Auctions today:  C.24 Acres Non Res Farm in Lynn, Mullingar, Co Westmeath selling for €460,000 (€18,585 per Acre) https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-MURTAGH-919808 Tune in to LSL Auctions for more amazing Land & Property Auctions or download the LSL TV App and watch On-Demand. LSL TV App available for Android TV, Apple TV, Samsung TV and LG TV Platforms or www.lslauctions.com/tv

Thursday will start dry for much of the country with sunny spells. However, rain in the northwest will move southwards across the country, persistent and heavy in the northwest. It will move southwards and some areas will remain dry until evening.  Warm and humid in the south and east with highest temperatures of 19 to 23C but cooler in the west and northwest with highest temperatures of 15 to 18C…

Thursday’s selected Cattle mart price report: copyright LSL. BULLOCK 300-400kg Thu 24 Jun Avg Price/KgAAX 2.18/kgCHX 2.73/kgFR 1.63/kgFRX 1.75/kgHEX 2.16/kgLMX 2.30/kgPTX 2.18/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:CHX, 300kg 2.9/kg 870.00CHX, 370kg 2.89/kg 1070.00CHX, 320kg 2.81/kg 900.00CHX, 380kg 2.61/kg 990.00LMX, 380kg 2.55/kg 970.00LMX, 385kg 2.44/kg 940.00 BULLOCK 400-500kg Thu 24 Jun Avg Price/KgBBX 1.99/kgBK 1.59/kgCHX 2.42/kgFR 1.41/kgFRX 1.14/kgHEX 2.08/kgLMX 2.30/kgSIX 2.24/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:CHX, 470kg 2.57/kg 1210.00LMX, 465kg 2.52/kg 1170.00CHX, 470kg 2.49/kg 1170.00LMX, 495kg 2.46/kg…

Thursday’s selected Sheep mart price report: copyright LSL. SHEEP 20-30kg Thu 24 Jun Avg Price/KgSHEEP 2.90/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SHEEP, 25kg 3/kg 75.00SHEEP, 29kg 2.93/kg 85.00SHEEP, 27kg 2.92/kg 80.00SHEEP, 21kg 2.90/kg 61.00SHEEP, 29kg 2.90/kg 84.00SHEEP, 29kg 2.90/kg 84.00 SHEEP 30-40kg Thu 24 Jun Avg Price/KgSHEEP 2.79/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SHEEP, 37kg 3.70/kg 138.00SHEEP, 31kg 3.55/kg 110.00SHEEP, 33kg 3.27/kg 108.00SHEEP, 32kg 3.12/kg 100.00SHEEP, 39kg 3.00/kg 116.00SHEEP, 30kg 2.97/kg 89.00 SHEEP 40-50kg Thu 24 Jun Avg…

The Garda and the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) will work closer together after signing a protocol to help tackle wildlife crime. Over recent years birds of prey have been poisoned and shot dead, along with poaching, wildfires and the persecution of badgers. Garda Commissioner Drew Harris, Minister of State for Heritage Malcolm Noonan and the Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien signed a protocol between the NPWS and An Garda…

A farming project to help a Co. Cork farm become carbon neutral has been awarded the €2m Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Future Innovator Prize. The Farm Zero C programme led by Professor Kevin O’Connor at University College Dublin (UCD), is working with Shinagh farm near Bandon, to achieve net-zero emissions by 2027.  The project aims to extend the strategy to a further 5,000 farms within five years, through a mobile…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-GRANA-951461 Must see 900KG quiet & fruitful bull at Granard Farmers Mart, had big interest yesterday. Top selling price of the mart, Lot 715 sold for €2050.00 online via LSL Auctions. Watch the video clip on LSL TV. Check out the rest of today’s action live and replay on-demand with the all new LSL TV App for Smart TVs, LG TV, Android TV and…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-BALLIN-950612 Big interest in this limousin cross at Ballinasloe Cooperative Livestock Mart. Take a look at Lot 5D: Breed: LMX – DOB: 01/01/2019 – Owners: 1 – Export: Y – QA: Y – TB: 18/06/2021 – Days in Herd: 70. Popular on LSL TV’s on-demand service. Sold for €1900.00 online via LSL Auctions. Watch the video clip on LSL TV. Check out the rest…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-M186-210956 The highest priced lot at Carnaross Mart Taaffe Auctions yesterday. Take a look at this young friesian beauty in Lot 111: Sex: F – Breed: FR – DOB: 13/04/2018 – Owners: 1 – Export: Y – QA: Y – TB: 04/06/2021 – BVD: 26/04/2018 – Days in Herd: 1167 – Calf Registered: Y. Sold for €3500.00. Check out the rest of today’s action…

Thursday will be mainly dry at first in the midlands, east and south, with some hazy sunshine. Rain will extend from the northwest across Ulster, Connacht and west Munster during the morning and early afternoon becoming persistent and heavy.  Warm and humid in the south and east, with highest temperatures of 18 to 22C, but cooler in Atlantic coastal counties with highs of 14 to 17C, in mostly moderate westerly…