Beef
CSO: Cattle slaughterings up 1.7% in first three months of 2024
The number of cattle slaughtered in Ireland rose by 1.7% in the first quarter of this year when compared with...
Beef
The number of cattle slaughtered in Ireland rose by 1.7% in the first quarter of this year when compared with...
Dairy News
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is encouraging farmers to consider using bulls that are more resistant...
Beef
With temperatures on the rise and better weather for the past few days, field operations and grazing have begun across...
Beef
The Irish Hereford Breed Society hosted its annual show and sale at GVM Kilmallock, Co. Limerick, on Friday, April 19....
Rural Life
Two phone helplines set up by Teagasc to provide advice to tillage and livestock farmers on how to manage their...
N.Ireland
In honour of Great British Beef Week 2024, from Tuesday, April 23 to Tuesday, April 30, the Ulster Farmers’ Union...
Beef
The Irish Shorthorn Cattle Society’s Moyside / Croghan Shorthorn Breeders Clubs have hosted two show and sales of Shorthorn cattle...
Agri-Business
Awareness among farmers and operators in the agri-food supply chain of unfair trading practices (UTPs) is “still too low”, according...
Dairy News
Almost 94% of calves born from January 1 to March 20, 2024 have been verified to a sire under the...
Dairy
Producer prices for dairy products fell back by 23.7% over the 12-month period to March 2024, according to the Central...
Grass
The sunshine and warm weather finally arrived to most parts of the country over the weekend, and farmers in many...
Rural Life
Some farmers importing slurry under the 70% grant aid for slurry storage – which was announced in Budget 2024 –...
Beef
This week’s factory quotes have seen beef prices holding steady at most processing outlets, despite speculation last week on possible...
Environment
Approximately 19 million grass silage bales are made in Ireland on an annual basis, which is a figure that is...
Beef
Latest figures show the calf export numbers from Ireland have fallen by 16% or 18,354 head to date this year....
Agri-Business
Two beef farmers from Co. Sligo who are both supplying cattle to ABP Food Group and involved in the processors’...
Beef
It was the last bull into the ring that secured the top price at the 2024 Gigginstown House Angus Sale...
Beef
Less than one in every five calves that have been registered to date this year have been registered to suckler-bred...