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Irish Independent - Farming, 9 Jun 2026

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ArticleSHEAR CLASS

Sis­ters Alice (17) and Ellen Dro­han (19), pic­tured here on their farm Cooney’s Yard, will be host­ing tra­di­tional sheep-shear­ing demon­stra­tions at the upcom­ing Comer­aghs Wild Fest­ival tak­ing place across the Cop­per Coast and Comer­agh...

SHEAR CLASS

ArticleCon­cern CFUS may impact grass-fed beef image

● With Con­trolled Fin­ish­ing Units (CFUS) account­ing for an increas­ing share of Ire­land’s beef out­put, ques­tions are being raised about how this aligns with Ire­land’s grass-fed image, writes Cath­er­ina Cun­nane. Grass-fed pro­duc­tion and...

Con­cern CFUS may impact grass-fed beef image

ArticleFarm­ers more wor­ried about cli­mate change than people think, study finds

Both farm­ers and non-farm­ers worry about cli­mate change and say they are will­ing to take action, yet they under­es­tim­ate each other’s worry and will­ing­ness, accord­ing to new research by the ESRI’S Beha­vi­oural Research Unit. The find­ings...

Farm­ers more wor­ried about cli­mate change than people think, study finds

ArticleEmpty heifers a hid­den cost on dairy farms as replace­ment num­bers fall by more than 100,000

Dairy farm­ers are being warned amid a short­age of replace­ment heifers that the most expens­ive heifers are “the empty ones you don’t know about”. “There isn’t a massive amount of replace­ment in the coun­try, so every cow you keep now as a March...

Empty heifers a hid­den cost on dairy farms as replace­ment num­bers fall by more than 100,000

ArticleThat’s a wrap

Agri con­tractor Leigh Foley and his son Beau on the farm of Bill and Liam Foley from Windgap, Youghal, Co Cork, to launch this year’s Dairygold ‘Wrap it Pink’ cam­paign with the Irish Can­cer Soci­ety. The cam­paign is now in its 12th year.

That’s a wrap