Scholarship applications now open

MACRA na Feirme is now accepting applications for the 2017 Stephen Cullinan Scholarship in association with the Irish Farmers Journal.

The scholarship is open to all young farmers interested in a full-time career in dairy farming.

Successful applicants will travel to New Zealand to work on dairy farms for six months where they will gain invaluable experience and learn new skills.

To be eligible, applicants must have been aged over 18 and under 30 on January 1 of this year.

To receive an application form, email psmith@macra.ie or call 01 426900.

The closing date for applications is next Monday, May 15. €500kg sold from €2.10 to €2.60 per kg or up to a tops of 520kg making €1410. The lighter store bullocks again a very strong grass demand here with prices resembling from €2.10 for the HE and Angus types up to €2.65 for the Continental types with some exceptional U grade type bullocks pushing up close to €3 per kg.

Beef and forward type heifers selling from €800 to €1000 with the kg and again in spec types very much in demand while store heifers sold briskly from €2.10 for the HE and Angus up to €2.85 per kg for the majority of those 400kg to 500kg continental types with some E and U grade heifers pushing over €3 per kg.

Cull cows: Store cows selling from €200 with the kg for FR up to €6.50 per kg for continental types with some of the heavier well fleshed cows pushing up to a tops of €1450 per head with a very dear trade for those very forward type cows and a lot of custom around the ring.

Weanling bulls selling from €2.20 to €2.70 per kg with heifers from €2.20 to €2.50.

A full clearance in the calf ring with the FR selling from €65 up to €120 with the HE and Angus heifers selling from €120 to €220 with He and Angus bulls pushing up to €300 and continental bulls pushing up to €485 and that being a Charolais Bull making €485.