Beef
Beef trade: High kill keeping a lid on factory prices
The recent high-kill trend has continued in Department of Agriculture beef exporting plants and this is helping to keep a...
Beef
The recent high-kill trend has continued in Department of Agriculture beef exporting plants and this is helping to keep a...
Beef
Turkey’s ban on live cattle imports remains in place with no immediate plans to lift the suspension which has already...
Beef
Aldi will continue as the lead sponsor of the Aldi Irish Angus All Ireland Bull Calf Championships, following the agreement...
Beef
A bull in the US was sold for a massive $1.51 million (€1.33 million) at auction in recent days. The...
Agri Politics
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, must guarantee payment levels for applicants to the new Beef...
Beef
Proposals to impose a 30-day pre-movement Tuberculosis (TB) test on animals have been “strongly rejected” by a farm-lobby group who...
Rural Life
As the old adage goes, ”tis an ill wind that doesn’t blow some good’ and these sentiments certainly ring true...
N.Ireland
A ‘no-deal’ Brexit could cost Northern Ireland’s beef and sheep industry as much as £230 million a year, industry-commissioned research...
Beef
Independent TD for Roscommon-Galway Michael Fitzmaurice has called on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to “tighten up”...
Grass
As it stands, average farm covers are standing in or around 950kg/DM/ha on farms measuring grass through PastureBase Ireland and...
Agri Politics
There is “real scope for increased quality lairage capacity” for Irish calf exports in Cherbourg in France, according to the...
Agri-Business
A no-deal Brexit could see a collapse of up to 90% in Irish beef and cheese exports to the UK,...
Beef
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has criticised the handling of the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) payments, saying some...
Beef
Kerry TD Danny Healy-Rae has called on farmers to cooperate and to take factories, supermarkets and the Government “to task”...
Beef
A recent survey has revealed that the cost of removing fallen animals off the farmyard can range from €10 for...
Beef
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, confirmed that his department is looking into the possibility of...
Beef
Kilkenny Mart’s first calf sale of 2019 took place on Tuesday last, February 5. At the sale, a total of...
Rural Life
A Cork dairy farmer has urged fellow farmers to learn from his experience by sharing the story of a bull...