Dairy News
Clearance sale of IFA Munster chair Harold Kingston's dairy herd
Bandon Mart will hold a full clearance sale next week of the dairy herd of well-known Co. Cork farmer and...
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Dairy Technical
Bandon Mart dairy sale achieves top price of €1,680
On Thursday (September 29) Bandon Mart hosted a dairy sale with over 100 heifers on offer. The sale contained 55...
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Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Rural Life
Over €35k raised for cancer research at charity livestock sale
A sum of over €35,000 has been raised at a recent charity livestock sale at Bandon Mart in Co. Cork,...
Beef Technical
Munster Aberdeen Angus club sets sale record of €5,100
The Munster Aberdeen Angus club hosted its annual spring bull sale at Bandon Mart last Wednesday (April 6) and reached...
Dairy Technical
CHFC bull sale achieves top price of €3,300
The Cork Holstein Friesian Club (CHFC) held its annual bull sale at Bandon Mart on Wednesday, April 6, with an...
Dairy Technical
Calf trade remains positive at Bandon Mart
Bandon Mart held the last of its Wednesday evening calf sales on April 30, with over 100 calves on offer...
Rural Life
'Farming was his first love' - charity livestock sale in memory of Cork farmer
A charity livestock sale will take place on Easter Monday at Bandon Mart to raise funds for cancer research in...
Dairy Technical
Calf trade remains strong at Bandon Mart
In recent weeks at marts across the country there has been a strong calf trade for both Friesian and beef-sired...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
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Friesian bulls making up to €130 at Bandon's calf sale
The weeks leading up to Christmas have seen a good trade for dairy-born calves from farmers and agents, with that...
Rural Life
Bullock sale results in over €7,000 raised for cancer services
A mart sale of a Hereford bullock, donated by a Cork farmer to gather funds for Cork ARC Cancer Support...
Rural Life
'Excellent' cancer care prompts farmer to donate bullock for support services
A Cork farmer has donated a 26-month-old Hereford bullock for sale at an auction at Cork Co-Op, Bandon, on Monday...
Beef
Calf trade: No reductions seen in prices as the season pushes on
Looking at the calf trade over the past week, there seems to be no reduction in prices at marts. In...
Beef
Calf trade: Improvement in Friesian bull calf prices
With the simple rule of supply and demand, Friesian bull calf prices experienced a positive bump due to the low...
Beef News
Calf trade: More beef-sired calves coming onto the scene
In recent sales over the past few days it has been noted by mart managers that the levels of Friesian-bred...
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Cow monitoring app 'means we can stay farming for longer'
Sylvia and John Powell installed Nedap cow monitoring on their 250-strong herd in February 2023. Farming just outside Birr, Co....
Beef
IFA sheep chair set to take over the reins at Bandon Mart
The sheep chairperson of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA), Sean Dennehy, has been appointed the new mart manager of Bandon...
Beef
Calf trade: Shipping calves receive a setback in price again
There has been a slight ease back in prices paid for Friesian bull calves destined for shipping in recent days....
Beef
Calf trade: An ease back in prices as numbers jump in marts
As the numbers continue to rise across marts this week, calf prices are starting to see their seasonal drop back...
Beef
Calf trade: Calm before the storm, as dairy births race ahead of 2020
The latest figures from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) show an increase in dairy calf births in comparison to...