Dairying can provide the beleaguered beef sector with opportunities as it becomes more specialised, according to Teagasc director Gerry Boyle.
The Larry Goodman-owned ABP's plant-based meat-free burgers are being priced at £6.61/kg (€7.33/kg) in UK supermarkets - over 35pc more than regular beef burgers.
C&D Foods has claimed protests at its Longford plant in September damaged exports and damaged customer relationships.
A 158ac residential farm near Golden in Tipperary is on the private treaty market after being offered for auction earlier in the year. The property has a guide price of €2.8m or about €18,000/ac.
Torrential rain has caused havoc on farms across the country, with tens of thousands of cattle housed early due to atrocious ground conditions, and field work on tillage farms being brought to a standstill.
Teagasc is to install solar panels on all its dairy farms, plant hedgerows and commission a biomethane plant as part of a drive to lead by example in reducing emissions in the sector.
More rain has already fallen this year in the west of Ireland than fell in the whole of 2018.
