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The warm weather and lack of rain is challenging for dairy and livestock farmers

Column: Lack of rain challenging for dairy and livestock farmers
The sun continues to shine, and Ireland over the past few weeks has seen temperatures we would normally experience if we went to Spain, Portugal etc.
George Candler

Cattle meeting organised by IFA in Portlaoise

Kilkenny farmers fear rise in fertilizer, fuel costs due to Iran conflict

Big increase in calves on offer at Kilkenny Mart

Mercosur gives ‘two fingers’ to Irish farmers says Kilkenny farming figure

Donegal's sheep farmers are to get a €2 million cash boost

Kilkenny Mart: Excellent cattle prices this year were ‘not realistic’

Longford Leader Farming: ICMSA wants cattle price transparency for farmers

Kilkenny Mart - Beef and dry stock prices ahead of last year’s returns

Tirlán FarmLife puts out a call for gluten-free oat crops in Kilkenny

Kilkenny tillage sector’s disappointing returns has some farms ‘contemplating fu...

Kilkenny Mart sees excellent demand for cattle, sheep trade solid

Daniel O'Dwyer from Tullaroan tightening his plough with a sprocket wrench before competing at the National Ploughing Championships today

Has ‘The Ploughing’ reached its peak? Kilkenny agri expert asks

Longford Leader Farming: ICMSA wants cattle price transparency for farmers

Kilkenny Mart: Can extraordinary high prices last?

Longford Leader Farming: ICMSA wants cattle price transparency for farmers

Kilkenny Mart: Can extraordinary high prices last?

Kilkenny Relay for Life

‘Magnificent achievement’ of Kilkenny volunteers
Take a bow: Events like Ballyfoyle Show and Relay For Life Kilkenny are the backbone of community
George Candler

Lift in trade at Kilkenny Mart

A selection of the crowd at the meeting which was held in Granard Mart.

Kilkenny Mart - Animals reaching high prices ‘never secured in all my years sell...

Kilkenny Mart sees flood of new buyers at sales

Longford Leader Farming: ICMSA wants cattle price transparency for farmers

Commercial cattle at Kilkenny Mart have ‘never been so expensive’

Longford Leader Farming: ICMSA wants cattle price transparency for farmers

Positive year at Kilkenny Mart for cattle and sheep sales

Beef Plan calls for State income supports through direct payments

Cattle prices ‘on fire’ at Kilkenny Mart

Longford Leader Farming: ICMSA wants cattle price transparency for farmers

Kilkenny Farming: As August arrives, we still await summer!

Longford Leader Farming: ICMSA wants cattle price transparency for farmers

Kilkenny Mart Report - Livestock marts are the only opposition to factories

Recording and mapping of our old field names before they are irretrievably lost.

Cattle back in fields but land still too wet for machinery work - Kilkenny Farmi...

Persistent wet weather has Kilkenny farming in a precarious position

A selection of the crowd at the meeting which was held in Granard Mart.

Excellent returns reported at Kilkenny Mart George Candler

Kilkenny Mart auctioneers at Cillin Hill

Brisk livestock trade reported at Kilkenny Mart

Confidence is returning to the dairy sector at Kilkenny Mart

A Friesian heifer is being raffled to raised funds for Carrig Hall near Birr.

Numbers small but trade vibrant at Kilkenny Mart

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Kilkenny Mart turnover in excess of €60 million in 2023

Jack Kennedy, Irish Farmers Journal, with George Candler and IFA President Tim Cullinan at the Kilkenny IFA Dinner Dance, last weekend. PICTURE: HARRY REID

Vibrant, steady sales of cattle and sheep at Kilkenny Mart

The seven-month-old Suffolk ram came from a farm in Ballybofey

Kilkenny Mart to host pedigree sheep sale

Donegal's sheep farmers are to get a €2 million cash boost

Sheep prices show improvement at Kilkenny Mart

Longford Leader Farming: ICMSA wants cattle price transparency for farmers

Good yard of cattle was on offer at Kilkenny Mart this week

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Cattle sales top €1million at Kilkenny Mart

Brian Ireland in action for Kilkenny at this year's Ploughing Championships

Has popularity of The Ploughing started to wane? - Kilkenny Farming column

Cattle meeting organised by IFA in Portlaoise

Cattle price fluctuations settle at Kilkenny Mart

Longford Leader Farming: ICMSA wants cattle price transparency for farmers

Increase in prices for cattle at Kilkenny Mart

Donegal's sheep farmers are to get a €2 million cash boost

Kilkenny Mart - More life about the trade in every sector

Kilkenny Mart: Is it too late for the suckler farmer?

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Kilkenny Mart Column - Have we seen the best of the summer?

Kilkenny Mart: Welfare of animals will be under scrutiny in future

Kilkenny Mart: Imports of beef into this country still increasing

George Candler at the Ballyfoyle Show

Loyalty of factories to farmers ‘has to be questioned’

Donegal's sheep farmers are to get a €2 million cash boost

Number of sheep farmers in Kilkenny is declining - Kilkenny Mart

Donegal's sheep farmers are to get a €2 million cash boost

Eid al-Adha festival good for Kilkenny sheep sales

Longford Leader Farming: ICMSA wants cattle price transparency for farmers

KilkennyLive columnist asks: Are Ireland’s efforts to combat climate change a po...

Cattle meeting organised by IFA in Portlaoise

Quality product is still selling well at Kilkenny Mart

Cattle prices are rising, but the rate of increase is ‘much too slow’ for finishers

Quality product selling well at Kilkenny Mart

George Candler, MC for Kilkenny Darkness Into Light walk from James Stephens Army Barracks, with Lt Luke Doran, Linnae Bel-Maguire, Aurellia Glynn, Amie Ndure and CQMS Garry McCarthy PICTURE: HARRY RE

Kilkenny Mart: Cattle price quotes reported to be reducing

Summer is a busy time on the farm so take extra safety precautions, especially with children

Kilkenny Mart report: Warm weather needed to promote grass growth

Donegal's sheep farmers are to get a €2 million cash boost

Excellent quality lamb on offer at Kilkenny Mart

Cattle prices are rising, but the rate of increase is ‘much too slow’ for finishers

Farming - The latest from Kilkenny Mart

Cattle prices are rising, but the rate of increase is ‘much too slow’ for finishers

Farming - The latest from Kilkenny Mart

Donegal's sheep farmers are to get a €2 million cash boost

Steady lamb prices a good sign at Kilkenny Mart

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