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Agriculture minister doubles down on support for Bord Bia chair Larry Murrin
Agriculture minister doubles down on support for Bord Bia chair Larry Murrin
Martin Heydon calls on the IFA to cease its protests at the company's Dublin offices

Fri, 27 Feb, 2026

IFA; IRISH FARMERS ASSOCIATION; BORD BIA; BRAZILIAN BEEF
Farmers call for independent review into Bord Bia
Poll shows fewer than one in five respondents support Larry Murrin’s decision to remain as Bord Bia chairman

Wed, 25 Feb, 2026

Milk in the Making
Bovaer cattle feed supplement to be reassessed by European Food Safety Authority
A public call has been launched for all potentially relevant available data

Wed, 25 Feb, 2026

workplace food industry - factory butchery for the production of sausages - butcher cuts meat
Beef prices: 'Control' the word of the week as throughput stays stable
'Not a cent more' is the response that many of the 'hard sellers' are getting for trying their hand at securing the 'extra' in deals for supplies this week

Tue, 24 Feb, 2026

Sheep in pens at Winslow Primestock Show, Buckinghamshire
Steady trade and tight supplies keep hogget prices stable
The Muslim religious celebration of Ramadan, which commenced on Wednesday and runs for a month, have usually been good for a boost to the trade as demand lifted to supply the extra market demand

Tue, 24 Feb, 2026

Grassland which slurry is injected.
Herd Tasks: Your weekly farming checklist
Your weekly reminder of the things that should be at the top of your farm to-do list. Published every Monday on the Irish Examiner digital Farming hub.

Mon, 23 Feb, 2026

Hemp fibers
Malcolm Noonan: Department ignoring hemp’s 'huge potential'
Some farmers are growing it in trial crops, and there have been certain attempts through Teagasc in Oak Park to grow it

Sun, 22 Feb, 2026

Forget 'Big Brother', everyone is tuning into the ‘Bord Bia five’
Forget 'Big Brother', everyone is tuning into the ‘Bord Bia five’
Five IFA members remain in the now 17-day-long sit-in protest at Bord Bia's Dublin HQ. The group were permitted to visit a nun to receive their ashes for Ash Wednesday

Thu, 19 Feb, 2026

Food safety experts call for tougher EU oversight after Brazil audit
Food safety experts call for tougher EU oversight after Brazil audit
Microbiology experts warn Ireland’s strict regulatory regime was not being matched by controls in South American exporting countries

Thu, 19 Feb, 2026

Flour power: Welcome revival for Ireland’s mills
Flour power: Welcome revival for Ireland’s mills
The Government has announced an initiative aimed at strengthening the competitiveness, sustainability and resilience of the bakery value chain

Wed, 18 Feb, 2026

Aerial view of Island Magee, County Antrim
Farmers must act on residential zoned land tax by April 1
The Irish Farmers’ Association have said farmers have until April 1 to apply to re-zone land out of 'residential' to avoid 3% tax of market value. 

Wed, 18 Feb, 2026

Return of sugar beet processing in Ireland unlikely, says agriculture minister
Return of sugar beet processing in Ireland unlikely, says agriculture minister
"As somebody who was born and raised in south Kildare, whose uncle was a sugar beet farmer for many years, I greatly lament the loss of the sugar beet industry," said agriculture minister Martin Heydon, as he announced a scheme to establish up to four new flour mills across the country.

Wed, 18 Feb, 2026

New collaboration to advance rapid silage and pasture analysis
New collaboration to advance rapid silage and pasture analysis
A new collaboration between VistaMilk Research Ireland Centre, Teagasc Grassland Science Department, Goldcrop and FBA Laboratories aims to advance rapid silage and pasture analysis

Wed, 18 Feb, 2026

Buying meat at a supermarket.
‘Consumers have a right to know’: lack of traceability criticised over Brazilian hormone beef
Food Safety Authority of Ireland chief told Dáil committee none of the beef remained on the market by the time it was notified, and believed it had already been eaten by consumers

Wed, 18 Feb, 2026

Close up of a a fine mixed herd of cows and bullocks in a summer pasture, alert and looking to the right. North Yorkshire, UK.
Farmer TB attitudes 'obvious for decades', says ICMSA
Deputy president of the ICMSA, Eamon Carroll, credited one of ESRI’s conclusions, which specifically identified that communications of the disease should focus on evidence-based narratives surrounding recommended measures while also avoiding long-winded or overly technical material

Wed, 18 Feb, 2026

Fresh produce
January 2026 milk prices announced
Lakeland Dairies and Carbery have also announced input support payments, and Lakeland is offering an early calving bonus

Wed, 18 Feb, 2026

Signpost: Grazing redstart on Kay's organic farm
Signpost: Grazing redstart on Kay's organic farm
Kay has been feeding her weanlings a redstart crop — a hybrid brassica, essentially combining the rapid growth of forage rape with the hardiness of kale

Wed, 18 Feb, 2026

High yields, low returns: A third of tillage farmers in the red
High yields, low returns: A third of tillage farmers in the red
Input costs in Ireland are higher, but there are also high yields

Wed, 18 Feb, 2026

Corn Harvest and Processing Silos by Autumn Agricultural Farm Field
US crop farmers seek $15bn in emergency aid as trade pressures mount
US soybean exports have fallen 50%, from 47% of the world market share in 2018 to just 24.4% today, while Brazil has gained more than 20% of the market

Wed, 18 Feb, 2026

Sheep pen
Hogget trade stuck at 750c/kg despite Ramadan demand
Ramadan commenced this week, with expectations that demand would lift prices to supply the market. However, there was little cheer for factory suppliers

Tue, 17 Feb, 2026

Bord Bia
Bord Bia stakeholder meeting returns mixed reactions
The Department of Agriculture hosted a stakeholder meeting with Bord Bia which included farmers and industry representatives, with the IFA saying the protests will continue until its chair steps down

Tue, 17 Feb, 2026

Bord Bia
Paula Hynes: There's no point in discrediting our national storyteller
If Brazilian farmers were anything like Ryanair, they would be thriving on the amount of coverage their beef is getting in Ireland, from the perspective that there is no such thing as bad news, writes Cork dairy farmer Paula Hynes

Tue, 17 Feb, 2026

IFA to host public meeting in Claremorris on Bord Bia controversy
IFA to host public meeting in Claremorris on Bord Bia controversy
IFA plan to host a public meeting for farmers on the ongoing situation with Larry Murrin as chair of Bord Bia on February 19 in Co Mayo

Mon, 16 Feb, 2026

Construction begins on Moorepark's new sustainable agriculture centre
Construction begins on Moorepark's new sustainable agriculture centre
Following a €6m contribution from FBD and Farmer Business Developments, which was matched by the Department of Agriculture, construction in Moorepark is under way

Mon, 16 Feb, 2026

Storage of manure
Farmers' concerns mount over slurry storage as wet weather continues
With the prolonged bad weather, farmers' concerns surrounding slurry storage are beginning to increase as the 2026 spring calving season gets underway.

Fri, 13 Feb, 2026

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