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Action plan aims to cut BVD-positive animals

There are a number of features in the plan including pre-movement testing, tailored herd investigations, enhanced training and communications and reinforced support for herd outbraeaks.

CALVES 17 January 2026

Action plan aims to cut BVD-positive animals

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Agri jobs: dairy farm assistants sought in Westmeath, Limerick and Clare

NEWS 17 January 2026

'Pioneer' of Simmental breed passes away

PEDIGREE 17 January 2026

Close to 20% increase in calf throughput for Cork Marts in 2025

CALVES 17 January 2026

Farm Tech Talk: beef trade, sheep numbers and milk markets

NEWS 16 January 2026

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December milk price cut reprieve for Dairygold's suppliers

The co-op did warn that there is 'no immediate positivity in the futures markets' for dairy goods.

NEWS 16 January 2026

Poultry supplies struggling to keep up with demand

Demand for protein is being boosted by the recent higher price point of beef and lamb driving a switch in meat purchasing habits and a continued global rise in meat consumption.

POULTRY 16 January 2026

Watch: how Europe is still dealing with green deal hangover

The EU has hit the pause button on further legislation governing environmental policy.

NEWS 16 January 2026

Mercosur would not prevent EU ban on Brazilian beef on food safety grounds

A Commission official has claimed that the EU-Mercosur free trade deal will not hinder any future EU bid to ban South American beef, if the move is justified on food safety or animal health grounds.

NEWS 16 January 2026

Stabilisation in ewe flock and sheepmeat production forecast for 2026

The recent collapse in sheep throughput with 445,000 head fewer sheep processed in 2025 is expected to stabilise in 2026, with a higher carryover of 2025-born lambs expected.

MARKETS 16 January 2026

Roadstone seeks to address concerns over proposed AD plant

Roadstone has held its second public consultation on its proposed anaerobic digestion plant in Co Tipperary, where it sought to answer questions and listen to concerns from locals.

NEWS 16 January 2026

Watch: global beef production declining but consumption growing

Adam Woods reports from the Bord Bia meat market seminar in Laois.

NEWS 16 January 2026

Consistency and calf health key to Offaly farmer’s success

For Offaly dairy and sheep farmers, husband-and-wife team Ann Maire Butterfield and Stephen McQuade, AAA Golden Maverick has always been part of the story.

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Action plan aims to cut BVD-positive animals

MOST READ STORIES

Agri jobs: dairy farm assistants sought in Westmeath, Limerick and Clare

'Pioneer' of Simmental breed passes away

Close to 20% increase in calf throughput for Cork Marts in 2025

Close to 20% increase in calf throughput for Cork Marts in 2025

Farm Tech Talk: beef trade, sheep numbers and milk markets

Farm Tech Talk: beef trade, sheep numbers and milk markets

MOST READ STORIES

December milk price cut reprieve for Dairygold's suppliers

Poultry supplies struggling to keep up with demand

Watch: how Europe is still dealing with green deal hangover

Mercosur would not prevent EU ban on Brazilian beef on food safety grounds

Stabilisation in ewe flock and sheepmeat production forecast for 2026

Roadstone seeks to address concerns over proposed AD plant

Watch: global beef production declining but consumption growing

Consistency and calf health key to Offaly farmer’s success

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