Breeders

Cavan family's Hereford bulls land senior and junior titles at Roscrea

Hereford breeders left it all on the line in Central Auctions, Roscrea, on Sunday, at the Irish Hereford Breed Society National Calf Show, Nevan McKiernan reports.

PEDIGREE 11 November 2026

Cavan family's Hereford bulls land senior and junior titles at Roscrea

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Butler family to disperse entire Castlewood Suffolk flock after 25 years

Butler family to disperse entire Castlewood Suffolk flock after 25 years

PEDIGREE 11 November 2026

72-head Grangecon Stud Limousin herd for sale as family leaves suckler farming

72-head Grangecon Stud Limousin herd for sale as family leaves suckler farming

PEDIGREE 4 November 2026

Female average up over €400 at Munster Angus Breeders sale

Female average up over €400 at Munster Angus Breeders sale

Female average up over €400 at Munster Angus Breeders sale

PEDIGREE 2 November 2026

Gimmers sired by Kells T-Rex sire in demand among European buyers

Gimmers sired by Kells T-Rex sire in demand among European buyers

Gimmers sired by Kells T-Rex sire in demand among European buyers

PEDIGREE 28 October 2026

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Munster Lanark sheep breeders first sale a great success

Munster Lanark sheep breeders first sale a great success

James and Stacey O'Connor topped the sale with a shearling ram who sold for €1,640.

PEDIGREE 28 October 2026

Glebefarm offers breeding females for the first time

Glebefarm offers breeding females for the first time

Alfie Shaw’s prize-winning Glebefarm Shorthorn herd in Co Tyrone will offer six young bulls and, for the first time, six select females at its first edition online sale.

PEDIGREE 28 October 2026

Munster Angus Breeders to stage biggest autumn sale yet

Munster Angus Breeders to stage biggest autumn sale yet

Now in its third year, Munster Angus Breeders is set for its biggest autumn sale to date on Saturday 31 October.

PEDIGREE 28 October 2026

Charolais bull hits €10,000 in Carrick centenary sale

Charolais bull hits €10,000 in Carrick centenary sale

Topping the trade at the Midland and Western Livestock Improvement Society's centenary show and sale in Carrick-on-Shannon on Friday evening was a Charolais bull, writes Nevan McKiernan.

PEDIGREE 27 October 2026

Kildare buyer secures top-priced Limousin bull at €17,000

Kildare buyer secures top-priced Limousin bull at €17,000

Irish Limousin breeders kicked off their autumn sale season in style over the bank holiday weekend with the premier show and sale at Central Auctions, Roscrea, writes Nevan McKiernan.

PEDIGREE 27 October 2026

Rian O'Hare sets new Mourne blackface sheep breeders record

Rian O'Hare sets new Mourne blackface sheep breeders record

The ram lamb realised a new sale record of £12,000 at the 71st annual Mourne Blackface Breeders show and sale.

PEDIGREE 21 October 2026

Looking ahead to the western stars' fifth annual in-lamb Suffolk female sale

Looking ahead to the western stars' fifth annual in-lamb Suffolk female sale

20 leading Suffolk breeders from across the West of Ireland will be offering females carrying progeny from some of Ireland's leading sires.

PEDIGREE 21 October 2026

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Too much, too little – can science help farms with Ireland’s changing weather?

As Ireland celebrates Science Week from 8 to 15 November, coordinated by Research Ireland, the theme 'Water: from molecule to ocean' looks at how climate change alters the water systems we rely upon.

Too much, too little – can science help farms with Ireland’s changing weather?

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