Tommy Moyles

tmoyles@farmersjournal.ie

Hogget ewes best priced in Cahersiveen

Hogget ewes topped the trade at the sheep breeding sale in Cahersiveen this week, while there was solid demand for ewe lambs at the south Kerry Mart. Tommy Moyles reports.

MARKETS 14 August 2026

Hogget ewes best priced in Cahersiveen

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Kerry mart suspends live weighing until rain returns

Kerry mart suspends live weighing until rain returns

MARKETS 12 August 2026

Organic sheep farmers seek better market access

Organic sheep farmers seek better market access

MARKETS 12 August 2026

Why assumption is the killer of succession

Why assumption is the killer of succession

Why assumption is the killer of succession

MANAGEMENT 6 August 2026

My Farming Week: Michael Sheehan, Rathcoola, Donoughmore, Co Cork.

My Farming Week: Michael Sheehan, Rathcoola, Donoughmore, Co Cork.

My Farming Week: Michael Sheehan, Rathcoola, Donoughmore, Co Cork.

NEWS 5 August 2026

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Farmer Writes: making the most of the dry weather

Farmer Writes: making the most of the dry weather

The dry weather means suckler farmer, Tommy Moyles has a busier yard than usual for this time of year as stock come in for a boost of hay or silage.

FARMER WRITES 28 July 2026

Farmers 'better off doing rain dance' than burning diesel in current weather

Farmers 'better off doing rain dance' than burning diesel in current weather

Trying to spread water to make grass grow is a waste of farmers' time and just burns diesel, attendees at a farm walk in west Cork heard last week.

GRASS & FEEDING 28 July 2026

Camera at the Mart: shippers steal the show in Skibbereen

Camera at the Mart: shippers steal the show in Skibbereen

Demand from shippers drove the weanling trade in Skibbereen Mart at the west Cork venue's recent weanling show and sale. Prices were back on last year, but a good few still exceeded €2,000.

MARKETS 28 July 2026

Calf exports dip on 2025 levels

Calf exports dip on 2025 levels

Calf export levels are marginally back compared to mid-July last year according to the latest figures from Bord Bia, with the Dutch market outperforming expectations.

NEWS 28 July 2026

Weaning exports edge ahead of 2025 levels

Weaning exports edge ahead of 2025 levels

By mid-July the number of weanlings shipped from the country had just passed the figures from the same period in 2025 with a wider spread of markets active this year. Tommy Moyles reports.

MARKETS 28 July 2026

My Farming Week: David Murphy, Moulorostig, Sneem, Co Kerry

My Farming Week: David Murphy, Moulorostig, Sneem, Co Kerry

David Walsh runs an organic hill sheep flock near Sneem, Co Kerry. Dry weather means he's had extra off-farm work lately as a part-time firefighter.

NEWS 28 July 2026

Pneumonia vaccinations vital for African weanling market - exporter

Pneumonia vaccinations vital for African weanling market - exporter

Poor pneumonia protocols on suckler farms could put the valuable north African market for weanlings at risk and result in exporters steering clear of unvaccinated stock, a Cork Marts event heard.

MARKETS 28 July 2026

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