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The importance of live exports to the Irish suckler and beef industry was underlined…
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Last updated week ending 09th December 2018
Payments have commenced under the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) today (Friday, December 13). The announcement was made by the Minister for…
Calls have been made to impose the same checks on meat factories as are imposed on farmers in factory lairages by the Beef…
Straw is still in demand and there seems to be many farmers selling good quality straw from the shed this year. Prices are…
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, will publish the names of the factories that have been fined for excessive…
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed has been called on to reject new proposals that could put “further restrictions” on the…
Members of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Livestock Committee have gathered in Agriculture House, the headquarters of the Department of Agriculture, Food and…
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has commenced a protest in response to excessive carcass trimming by factories outside Agriculture House. Meeting at the…
Farmers whose cattle were subject to excessive carcass trimming by beef factories will be notified by the factories and compensated, Minister for Agriculture,…
After a 59-day finishing period 50 dairy origin beef heifers from the Gene Ireland Progeny test centre at Tully, Co. Kildare achieved an…
Investigating whether grass-fed beef is better than other types of beef for consumers was the focus of a Department of Agriculture, Food and…
As has been the case over the past number of weeks, the number of cattle being presented for sale has continued to reduce.…
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is at an advanced stage of development to provide a calf birth registration application for…
Three dedicated livestock carriers have been cleared under new animal welfare regulations, while two more are currently being inspected, according to Minister for…
This week, beef factory agents are still offering 375c/kg for factory-fit bullocks, while base quotes of 385c/kg are on the table for heifers.…
Ireland’s dairy-beef industry has found itself propelled into the fast lane. Since the quotas were abolished in 2015, the national dairy herd has…
For many suckler and beef farmers, 2018 will be a year to forget. Abnormal weather conditions played havoc on Irish beef farms at…
Speaking at the 2018 Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) Genetics Conference, Stephan Conroy of ICBF described the research project that is currently on-going…
