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The Northern Ireland beef trade is experiencing a similar trend to that in the…
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Last updated week ending 11th October 2020
“The only aspect of food production that has been shut down is the one where farmers themselves have control,” according to Sinn Féin…
Following on from the disruption to mart services on Saturday (October 27), there are calls now for flexibility on the deadlines for the…
The slaughter figures for both cattle and sheep have increased during the first nine months of 2020, according to the latest figures from…
This week will be vital for all participating in suckler schemes, suckler farmers have been reminded. Highlighting the matter for farmers, Irish Cattle…
With the weather well and truly ‘broke’ at this stage, the time for housing cattle on many farms has arrived. Over the past…
As the beef kill begins to rise this month, the trade is stabilising for now. General quotes for steers and heifers are hovering…
The Twenty20 Beef Club was developed by Glanbia Ireland and Kepak to improve the economic sustainability of calf-to-beef systems. Over the past few…
Teagasc released its ‘Cattle Budget 2020’ report this week. It gives farmers an insight into the most up-to-date assumed costs of production and…
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has confirmed that, “in the interest of protecting those in the agri-sector and wider rural…
Farmers should be reassured that their local mart is open for business next week, according to the Irish Cooperative Organisation Society (ICOS). In…
A large number of mart online systems crashed yesterday (Saturday, October 24), with four marts sending all livestock home and others resuming sales…
With Level 5 restrictions imposed as of midnight on Wednesday (October 21), marts have been granted permission to operate under an online bidding…
The Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot – Sucklers (BEEP-S) scheme deadline is looming for participants. Farmers must have the weights for cow and calves, eligible…
Philip Stewart, otherwise known as ‘Farmer Phil’, has been using an app to simplify and speed up certain jobs on the farm that…
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has been asked to meet with representatives of marts and put a “robust” system…
Following news this morning (Saturday, October 24) of online problems that resulted in mart sales being cancelled and cattle sent home, farm organisations have…
The government needs to review the Level 5 operating procedures in marts as a matter of urgency, according to the Irish Farmers’ Association…
