Beef
Cattle slaughterings pass the 500,000 mark
Over 500,000 cattle have been slaughtered in Ireland so far this year, official data shows. Figures taken from the Department...
Beef
Over 500,000 cattle have been slaughtered in Ireland so far this year, official data shows. Figures taken from the Department...
Beef
Farming in Bishop’s Demesne, Co. Kilkenny, Reginald ‘Reggie’ Brennan operates a suckler-to-beef enterprise under an autumn-calving system. All progeny are...
Rural Life
Following on from yesterday evening’s fire, which broke out at Carrick-on-Suir Livestock Mart in Co. Tipperary, the mart operators have announced...
Beef
Mart managers have noted increased activity at the ringside in recent days. However, poor grass growth is still having a...
Beef
An Irish cattle nutritionist, Prof. David Kenny, has scooped the British Society of Animal Science’s (BSAS’s) Sir John Hammond award. A...
Beef
There was some good news this morning as the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, announced the opening of the Chinese market...
Beef
Flexibility around the terms of the Beef Data Genomics Programme (BDGP) – in recognition of the extreme difficulties posed by...
Beef
The opening of the Chinese market to Irish beef exports must “add to farmers’ margins” in order to be considered...
Beef
It has been confirmed that Aurivo’s marts in Ballymote (Co. Sligo) as well as Balla and Ballinrobe (Co. Mayo) will...
Beef
A small part of the Chinese market could deliver huge rewards, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine,...
Beef
The opening of the Chinese market to Irish beef exports is “an important breakthrough“, according to Meat Industry Ireland (MII)...
Beef
The Chinese market has been opened to Irish beef exports, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed,...
Grass
The country is in the midst of a major fodder crisis and many farmers are still scrambling to acquire supplies...
Beef
The recent decreasing trend in beef calf registrations has continued, according to the latest figures released by the Irish Cattle...
Beef
Limited mart yard access is “the new reality“, according to the Irish Co-Operative Organisation Society’s (ICOS’s) livestock services executive, Ray Doyle....
Beef
The European Commission’s proposal for a directive on Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs) in the food supply chain, published yesterday, has...
Beef
The sixth annual maiden suckler heifer sale is set to take place at Ballybay Mart on April 28. The sale...
Beef
Silage prices are varying across the country as vehicles – both large and small – transport silage, haylage, straw, alfalfa...