2+ week, 4+ day ago  (441+ words) Global beef production contracted by 2. 5% during the first quarter of 2026 compared to 2025, and is expected to decline by 2. 2% across the whole year, Rabo Research has forecast. But in contrast to Ireland, the major tightening in supplies has driven a significant…...

4+ day, 8+ min ago  (1284+ words) Farms will need to be forward thinking when it comes to making decisions around grass this week. If the farm has a heavier soil type and has gotten plenty of rain in the last two weeks, continue as normal targeting…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (280+ words) Shown in Table B are the prices paid to 1m-litre suppliers in May 2026, across three different milk qualities highlighted in Table 1 on the opposite page. The average milk quality used in our calculations tracks the actual figures sent to us…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (675+ words) In my mind, 2025 will go down as the most positive year for suckler farmers and beef finishers. Unfortunately, that positivity hasn't continued through to 2026, but the higher prices in 2025 were a turning point for many beef farmers. The mood was…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (590+ words) Despite the tough spring and drop in many farm commodity prices, the Irish agricultural machinery market in 2026 has outperformed the expectations of many, particularly in terms of grassland equipment sales. Dealers, manufacturers and machinery importers have said that the mood…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (714+ words) In my mind, 2025 will go down as the most positive year for suckler farmers and beef finishers. Unfortunately, that positivity hasn't continued through to 2026, but the higher prices in 2025 were a turning point for many beef farmers. The mood was…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago  (263+ words) Irish grocery market data, released by Worldpanel by Numerator for the period to 14 June, shows that prices increased by 4. 77% when compared to the same period a year earlier. This represents a 0. 74% reduction in the pace of inflation from the reading…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (526+ words) The impact of the recent war in the Middle east will not be completely seen in food prices for a number of months, according to the Economic and Social Research Institute's (ESRI) Quarterly Economic Commentary Summer 2026 report. The report shows…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (682+ words) On the Monday following the Brexit vote in June 2016, I was in Bandon Mart keeping an eye on the trade. It's one of a handful of sales that still stands out to me as the one where ringside confidence was…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (300+ words) The beef trade has taken a positive turn this week, with quotes increasing by 10c/kg in some factories. It's a reversal of recent trends, that saw beef quotes fall 85c/kg since the beginning of the year. Bullocks have moved up…...