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The Irish AgriTech Landscape

Every tool an Irish farmer needs — in one place

75 tools, sources, and organisations across 9 categories. 53 Irish. 14 reviewed by us. No affiliate links — just honest curation.

75

Listed

53

Irish

14

Reviewed

Herd & Breeding

16

Manage, monitor, and breed your animals

ICBF HerdPlus

IrishReviewed

Breeding data, EBI reports, and herd performance from Ireland's cattle breeding authority.

Free for registered herds

HerdWatch

IrishReviewed

Farm management app — tagging, dosing, movements, ICBF sync.

Free tier / from €149/yr

Moocall

IrishReviewed

Calving sensors and heat detection. Tail-mounted, Irish-made, local support.

Hardware + subscription

CattleEye

AI body condition scoring and lameness detection from camera footage.

Contact for pricing

SenseHub (MSD)

Reviewed

Ear tag monitoring — activity, rumination, health, and heat alerts.

Hardware + subscription

Allflex

Animal identification and monitoring hardware. Parent company of SenseHub.

Hardware

Shearwell

EID tags and readers for sheep and cattle.

Hardware

Digitanimal

GPS livestock tracking collars — location, geofencing, activity.

Hardware + subscription

Ceres Tag

GPS smart ear tags with satellite connectivity. Australian, available in EU.

Hardware + subscription

Kamar

Heat detection aids — adhesive patches that change colour on mounting.

Consumable

Halter

Virtual fencing collars — GPS-driven herd management, no physical fences needed.

Hardware + subscription

Sheep Ireland

Irish

€uroStar evaluations, LambPlus recording, and RamSearch for sheep genetics.

Free

IHFA

Irish

Irish Holstein Friesian Association — herdbook, classification, linear scoring.

Membership

Animal Health Ireland

Irish

BVD eradication, CellCheck milk quality, Johne's disease control.

Free

Kingswood Computing

IrishReviewed

Dairy and beef herd management plus farm accounting. Serving Irish farms since 1987.

Paid subscription

FarmFlo

IrishReviewed

Sheep and cattle management — scanning records, breeding data, field records.

From €99/yr

Grassland & Crops

9

Grass measurement, nutrients, and crop management

PastureBase Ireland

IrishReviewed

National grassland database — grass measurement, growth predictions. Teagasc-backed.

Free

Grasshopper

IrishReviewed

Ultrasonic plate meter with GPS — live grass wedges and paddock cover maps. Developed with Teagasc Moorepark.

~€900 hardware (no subscription)

Teagasc NMP Online

IrishReviewed

Nutrient management planner — fertiliser plans, liming, slurry allocation from your soil tests.

Free (via advisor)

EOS Crop Monitoring

Satellite-based crop monitoring — NDVI maps, vegetation indices, field analytics.

Free tier / paid plans

Sentinel Hub

Copernicus satellite data platform — process and visualise EU Earth observation imagery.

Free tier / paid plans

Teagasc Grass10

Irish

Grassland management programme — grow more grass, extend the grazing season.

Free

John Deere Operations Centre

Precision ag data platform — field maps, variable rate application, machine data.

Free (with equipment)

Trimble

GPS guidance, auto-steer, and precision agriculture hardware.

Hardware

Dairymaster

Irish

Irish-manufactured milking tech — parlours, cooling, feeding, cow ID. Kerry-based.

Hardware + installation

Schemes & Government

9

Applications, payments, and official portals

DAFM

Irish

Department of Agriculture — schemes, policy, regulations, and farm payments.

Free

AgFood Portal

IrishReviewed

DAFM online portal — scheme applications, nitrates, N&P statements, animal movements.

Free

AIM / AgriNet

Irish

Animal identification and movement — official herd register.

Free

Bord Bia

IrishReviewed

Food board — quality assurance, market data, Origin Green sustainability programme.

Free

Revenue.ie

Irish

Tax guidance — farm tax reliefs, stock relief, VAT on farming, income averaging.

Free

MyGovID

Irish

Government digital identity — needed for AgFood portal access.

Free

Citizens Information

Irish

Public info on rights and entitlements — farm supports, social welfare, tax.

Free

Enterprise Ireland

Irish

Business supports — Competitive Start Fund for agri-tech, innovation grants.

Free

DAERA

Irish

Northern Ireland Dept of Agriculture — farm census, weekly price reports, cross-border schemes.

Free

Co-ops & Processors

8

Who buys your milk, beef, and grain

Tirlán

Irish

Major co-op. Nurture Fund (€10M agri-tech seed fund). Tech-forward.

Membership

Dairygold

Irish

Major co-op — Grassroots sustainability bonus, milk and grain processing.

Membership

Lakeland Dairies

Irish

Cross-border co-op (ROI + NI) — 3,200 farm families.

Membership

Kerry Group

Irish

Global dairy and food ingredients — one of Ireland's largest food companies.

Membership

Glanbia

Irish

Large co-op — milk pricing, sustainability reports, performance nutrition.

Membership

Carbery Group

Irish

West Cork co-ops — FutureProof sustainability programme, dairy and ingredients.

Membership

Aurivo

Irish

FutureMilk sustainability bonus. Also operates in Northern Ireland.

Membership

LMC

Irish

Livestock and Meat Commission NI — weekly deadweight prices, cross-border comparisons.

Free

Weather & Environment

6

Forecasts, emissions, and sustainability programmes

Met Éireann

Irish

National weather service — forecasts, agri-weather bulletin, free JSON API.

Free

EPA Ireland

Irish

Environmental Protection Agency — GHG emissions, water quality, environmental monitoring.

Free

CoolFarmTool

Carbon footprint calculator for farms — measure and reduce your emissions.

Free

Copernicus

EU Earth observation — satellite imagery, NDVI, land and climate monitoring.

Free

Teagasc Signpost Programme

Irish

Climate and sustainability advisory — reducing emissions while maintaining output.

Free

Origin Green

Irish

National sustainability programme for farmers — Bord Bia-operated.

Free

Advisory & Research

10

Teagasc, universities, and independent research

Teagasc

Irish

Ireland's agriculture and food development authority — advisors, research, farm walks.

Free / advisory fees

UCD Agriculture

Irish

University College Dublin — agriculture and food science research.

Free (research)

T-Stor

Irish

Teagasc open access research repository — full-text papers and reports.

Free

IJAFR

Irish

Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research — peer-reviewed, fully open access.

Free

AFBI

Irish

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute — NI agricultural research.

Free

CAFRE

Irish

College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise — NI farm benchmarking and training.

Free / course fees

AgriSearch

Irish

GrassCheck weekly monitoring from 35 NI farms — real-time grass growth data.

Free

EFSA

European Food Safety Authority — animal health, pesticide data, risk assessments.

Free

VistaMilk

Irish

SFI-funded dairy digital innovation centre — Teagasc and UCD partnership at Moorepark.

Free (research)

Alltech Ireland

Irish

Animal nutrition and agri innovation — Dunboyne HQ, global reach.

Products + advisory

Farming Organisations

5

Who represents you — unions, associations, young farmers

IFA

Irish

Irish Farmers' Association — ~72,000 members. Policy, lobbying, member services.

Membership

ICMSA

Irish

Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association — dairy-focused, ~18,000 members.

Membership

ICSA

Irish

Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association — ~10,000 members.

Membership

Macra na Feirme

Irish

Young farmers — Land Mobility Service, events, training, and social.

Membership

UFU

Irish

Ulster Farmers' Union — NI farming policy, lobbying, and member support.

Membership

AI Assistants

3

General-purpose AI for drafting, research, and admin

ChatGPT

Reviewed

General-purpose AI assistant — drafting, brainstorming, admin prep.

Free (Plus €20/mo)

Claude

Reviewed

AI assistant — strong on long documents, policies, and measured answers.

Free (Pro €20/mo)

Google Gemini

Reviewed

AI with live web search — good for current information and quick lookups.

Free

News & Open Data

9

Agricultural media and public datasets

Agriland

Irish

Ireland's largest ag digital audience — ~1M monthly. Free, ad-funded news.

Free

Irish Farmers Journal

Irish

Ireland's most authoritative farming publication. Paywalled.

Subscription

FarmingUK

UK free agricultural news aggregator with RSS feeds.

Free

CSO

Irish

Central Statistics Office — 175 agriculture datasets. PxStat API.

Free

data.gov.ie

Irish

251 agriculture datasets — open data, CKAN API, CC-BY-4.0 licence.

Free

DAFM Open Data

Irish

53 datasets — forestry, nitrates, ACRES, and more. CKAN API.

Free

Eurostat Agriculture

EU agricultural statistics — Ireland-specific breakdowns. REST API, updated twice daily.

Free

EU Agri-food Data Portal

FADN farm economics, CAP indicators, and market data. API + dashboards.

Free

EU CAP Portal

Common Agricultural Policy — reform documents, strategic plans, payment data.

Free

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