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Three separate lots of pasture in Edmondstown, Co Westmeath, will be auctioned by James L Murtagh, live on Friday 25 June.  The pasture lands are just off the N52 and can be identified by the selling agent James L Murtagh sales boards.  The first lot of 20 acres is a regular shape of permanent pasture with good road frontage. In addition, the lot benefits from a cattle holding yard and…

Fears that Blackgrass weed found in Co Carlow could cause contamination has led to Glambia Ireland suspending the sale of its wildflower seeds. Teagasc says the weed poses a huge risk of contamination to tillage crops and the Irish tillage industry if it was present in mixtures already planted on farms.  The co-op has also recalled its stock after the highly invasive Blackgrass weed was found in a commercial wildflower…

Repay video clips from this sale on – https://www.lslauctions.com/OnlineCatalogue-IGBYOUG?Mart=IGBYOUG&ListViewType=1&SearchDateRange=Date%3A12%2F06%2F2021&SearchQuickSearch= One of the top sellers at Youghal Greyhound Stadium Sales Trials & Online Sale this weekend. Lot 23 (pictured), Burgess Maestro sold for €5000.00 online via LSL Auctions. The next Greyhound sales date is July 3rd at Kilkenny Greyhound Stadium. Watch this lot on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-IGBYOUG-932794 Check out the rest of today’s action live and replay on-demand with the all new…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-WRM-933813 Super bullock ticking all the boxes at Waterford Ross Co-op Marts this weekend, was one of the top sellers of the mart. Take a look at Lot 18, sold for €1890.00 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,…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-MOHILL-934921 This outfit with Belgian Blue calf had big interest at Aurivo Livestock Mart Mohill this weekend. Have you seen Lot 904? Sex: M – Breed: BBX – DOB: 06/04/2021 – Owners: 1 – Export: Y – TB: 29/05/2021, Sex: F – Breed: SIX – DOB: 06/05/2011 – Owners: 1 – Export: Y – TB: 29/05/2021. Sold online for €1800.00 via LSL Auctions. Watch…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-HEADF-935709 Stand-out outfit at Headford Co-Operative Mart, Galway with super calf at foot, selling this past Saturday. Take a look at Lot 609, Sex: F – Breed: LMX – DOB: 18/04/2021 – Owners: 1 – Export: R – QA: Y- Export Retest: R, Sex: F – Breed: AAX – DOB: 24/05/2015 – Owners: 1 – Export: R – QA: Y- TB: 04/03/2021 – Export…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-M100-934331 This stock bull had big interest over the weekend at Carnew Mart. Lot 1145, Breed: LM – DOB: 26/04/2018 – Owners: 3 – QA: N – Days in Herd: – 3Mv, sold for €2320.00 online via LSL Auctions. Replay the entire mart on LSL TV. Check out the rest of today’s action live and replay on-demand with the all new LSL TV App…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-BALLIN-934558 Smashing lot at Ballinasloe Cooperative Livestock Mart this weekend. Take a look at this Limousin heifer with bull calf in Lot 313: Breed: LMX – DOB: 18/05/2016 – Owners: 5 – QA: N – Days in Herd: – 5Mv, Breed: CHX – DOB: 24/02/2021 – Owners: 1 – QA: N – Days in Herd: – 1Mv. Sold for €2330.00 online via LSL Auctions.…

It will be a mild weekend with scattered showers and cool breezes in some areas. Temperature will peak at 20 to 24C in the southeast over Sunday. LSL News.

Friday’s selected Cattle mart price report: copyright LSL. Heifer 300-400kg Fri 11 Jun Avg Price/KgCHX 2.43/kgLMX 2.51/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LMX, 390kg 2.79/kg 1090.00CHX, 390kg 2.59/kg 1010.00CHX, 395kg 2.51/kg 990.00CHX, 325kg 2.46/kg 800.00CHX, 370kg 2.46/kg 910.00CHX, 330kg 2.42/kg 800.00 Heifer 400-500kg Fri 11 Jun Avg Price/KgCHX 2.50/kgHEX 2.06/kgLMX 2.47/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:CHX, 490kg 2.96/kg 1450.00LMX, 405kg 2.94/kg 1190.00LMX, 415kg 2.84/kg 1180.00LMX, 420kg 2.83/kg 1190.00LMX, 435kg 2.78/kg 1210.00LMX, 445kg 2.74/kg 1220.00 Heifer 500-600kg Fri…

Financial incentives are being offered to farmers and landowners to help create new woodlands on their land.  Applications have opened for the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO), which will be administered by the Forestry Commission, to encourage landowners and land managers. The multi-million pound scheme will make £15.9 million available in its first year and enhanced payments rates.  It will give greater recognition of the public and environmental benefits that…

Farmers across the country are being advised to check their health status as Men’s Health Week runs from 14 to 20 June. The initiative is being supported by Teagasc, through its research, advisory, education, training and media programmes. Research carried out by the farming body shows that farmers in Ireland experience five times higher cardiovascular; three times higher cancer rates; and seven times higher mortality in the working age range…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-M303-3308 Popular lot at Cootehill Livestock Mart last night. A hogget, a 2-year-old ewe with four lambs. This great team sold for €288.00 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 Apple TV platforms or…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-M186-208910 Popular lot at Carnaross Mart yesterday. Take a look at this super red beef cow in Lot 356. Sex: F – Breed: SA – DOB: 03/10/2011 – Owners: 2 – Export: N – QA: N – TB: 03/07/2020 – Days in Herd: 2751 – Calf Registered: Y. Sold for €1900.00 online via LSL Auctions. Watch the video clip on LSL TV. Check out the rest of today’s action live and replay…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-M198-930916 Big interest in this great big Charolais heifer. Lot 732 – the highest priced lot of the day at GVM Group Tullamore Mart GVM Group, sold online for €2180.00 via LSL Auctions. 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 Apple TV platforms or www.lslauctions.com/tv

Friday will start cloudy with some patchy drizzle and mist. It will become dry during the day and will brighten up with sunny spells. Highest temperatures of 15 to 20C warmest in the east with moderate to fresh westerly breezes. LSL News.

Brighter and fresher in the north with scattered showers. Cloudier across central and southern parts with rain at times in the west. Sunny spells and very warm in the southeast. LSL News.

Thursday’s selected Cattle mart price report: copyright LSL. Bullock 300-400kg Thu 10 Jun Avg Price/KgBK 2.16/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:BK, 355kg 2.25/kg 800.00BK, 385kg 2.23/kg 860.00BK, 385kg 2.16/kg 830.00BK, 340kg 2.15/kg 730.00BK, 350kg 2.14/kg 750.00AUX, 350kg 2.14/kg 750.00 Bullock 400-500kg Thu 10 Jun Avg Price/KgAAX 2.07/kgBK 2.18/kgFR 1.76/kgHEX 2.04/kgLMX 2.14/kgSIX 2.14/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LM, 450kg 2.6/kg 1170.00BK, 475kg 2.53/kg 1200.00LMX,CHX, 480kg 2.46/kg 1180.00BK, 458kg 2.45/kg 1120.00BK, 480kg 2.42/kg 1160.00BK, 465kg 2.34/kg 1090.00 Bullock…

Thursday’s selected Sheep mart price report: copyright LSL. SHEEP 30-40kg Thu 10 Jun Avg Price/KgSHEEP 3.21/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SHEEP, 39kg 3.50/kg 138.00SHEEP, 39kg 3.47/kg 136.00SHEEP, 31kg 3.38/kg 104.00SHEEP, 34kg 3.33/kg 114.00SHEEP, 32kg 3.32/kg 107.00SHEEP, 34kg 3.31/kg 111.00 SHEEP 40-50kg Thu 10 Jun Avg Price/KgSHEEP 3.28/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SHEEP, 40kg 3.55/kg 142.00SHEEP, 41kg 3.52/kg 143.00SHEEP, 42kg 3.5/kg 147.00SHEEP, 42kg 3.50/kg 148.00SHEEP, 43kg 3.48/kg 150.00SHEEP, 42kg 3.48/kg 146.00 SHEEP 50-60kg Thu 10 Jun Avg…

This animal was kindly donated by Mr Brian Sheridan from Ballysallagh, Ballynacargy: to help raise funds for the hooves4hospice project. Take a look at Lot 360 HEX born 6/19, which sold at Delvin Livestock Mart for €1350.00. The Midlands (Laois, Offaly, Longford & Westmeath) is the only region in Ireland that does not have a Level 3 Hospice. The purpose of the project is to raise vital funds towards the…

The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) will hold a nationwide rally on Friday (11 June) to highlight the importance of commercial farming to the rural economy. According to the IFA, the demonstration is to warn against the dangers in the current Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform proposals and the Climate Action Bill. This will be the first demonstration by the IFA since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and is set…

The Ombudsman received a total of 163 complaints about the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine from farmers across Ireland in 2020. Once case related to a farmer who complained after the Department expelled him from the Green. Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) but was re-admitted after the Department was found to have imposed the wrong penalty. The Ombudsman found that the farmer should have been issued with a late…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-TIPPE-929243 Have you seen the TOP selling lot at Tipperary Town Mart? Must see Lot 3 from the pedigree mixed bred bull sale, big strong 2-year-old Hereford bull. Sold for €2600.00 online via LSL Auctions. 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 Apple TV platforms…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-LISTO-929396 Take a look at this Belgian Blue heifer calf selling at Listowel Livestock Mart yesterday. Sex: F – Breed: BBX – DOB: 28/03/2021 – Owners: 1 – Export: N – QA: Y- TB: 26/04/2021. Big interest in this lot online, watch Lot 40 now via 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,…

Congratulations to all buyers and sellers at the Dalevalley Sky High Protein Sale with Taaffe Auctions at Carnaross Mart yesterday. Some superb prices achieved. Please see sample prices below:

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-BALLIN-929089 A cracking Angus cross in Ballinasloe Cooperative Livestock Mart had big interest. Breed: AAX – DOB: 24/04/2018 – Owners: 2 – Export: N – QA: N – TB: 09/02/2021 – Days in Herd: – 2Mv. Take a look at Lot 95B on LSL TV, which sold for 1880.00 online via LSL Auctions. Check out the rest of today’s action live and replay on-demand with the all new LSL TV…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-GRANA-929604 Popular lot this week, many people logging in and watching this clip on LSL TV. Top selling price at Granard Farmers Mart yesterday, this fine Angus bull in Lot 712, sold for 1970.00 online via LSL Auctions. 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…

An old farmhouse and a modern bungalow are included in land parcels for sale totalling 31ac in Co Laois. They will be sold at an online auction on Friday 11 June at 3pm by Hennessy Auctioneers and Valuers, based in Stradbally. This is an executor sale by the representatives of the late Christine Kennedy and the holding will be sold in a number of lots on the LSL platform.  Auctioneer…

Humid and breezy on Thursday with cloud across the country and some rain or drizzle. Sunshine will break through, especially across the east of the country. During the evening, persistent rain will affect Connacht and west Ulster. Maximum temperatures generally ranging 19 to 22C but cooler in southern and western coastal areas in freshening southwesterly winds. LSL News.

Wednesday’s selected Cattle mart price report: copyright LSL. BULLOCK 300-400kg Wed 9 Jun Avg Price/KgCHX 2.64/kgLMX 2.20/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:CHX, 320kg 2.75/kg 880.00CHX,SAX, 358kg 2.63/kg 940.00CHX,AAX, 337kg 2.61/kg 880.00CHX, 345kg 2.61/kg 900.00CHX, 330kg 2.61/kg 860.00LMX, 350kg 2.46/kg 860.00 BULLOCK 400-500kg Wed 9 Jun Avg Price/KgCHX 2.45/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:CHX, 466kg 2.64/kg 1230.00CHX, 442kg 2.53/kg 1120.00CHX,SAX, 467kg 2.16/kg 1010.00 BULLOCK 500-600kg Wed 9 Jun Avg Price/KgCHX 2.43/kgLMX 2.38/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:CHX, 500kg 2.6/kg 1300.00LMX,…