Beef
How one farmer increased productivity from low-fertility soils
Farming in Portlaoise, Co. Laois, Paul Delaney – a beef and tillage farmer – rented 12.5ha of land in 2015....
Beef
Farming in Portlaoise, Co. Laois, Paul Delaney – a beef and tillage farmer – rented 12.5ha of land in 2015....
Beef
The Irish dairy-beef industry is ever growing and is a very important cog in the beef production chain. Due to...
Beef
A tender for 100,000 finished bulls has been offered by the Turkish government. Although it’s open to all “domestic and...
Beef
Mart managers have reported increased activity around the ring in recent days. Both farmers and agents have been busy sourcing stock....
Beef
Niall Nicholson farms in partnership with his father Billy just outside Crosshaven, Co. Cork. The first thing that strikes you...
Beef
There has been little movement in the prices beef factories are offering for steers and heifers. Many have opted to...
N.Ireland
A major government exercise will see the UK’s four regional agricultural departments in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England come...
Grass
Weather conditions have been far from ideal since the turn of the year; the thought of spreading nitrogen (N) may...
Beef
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed has refuted claims that the EU has raised its potential...
Dairy
It is expected that in the region of 35,000 calves will be exported via the replacement ferry on the Rosslare-to-Cherbourg route...
Beef
The winter finishing of animals is no easy task. There are many factors that make this enterprise very expensive. Giving...
Beef
Irish exporters will be permitted to sell fattening cattle to private-sector buyers in Turkey from May onwards. A number of...
Beef
Ballinasloe Mart’s weekly heifer and bullock sale took place on Wednesday last (February 7). A mixture of farmers and feedlot...
Beef
The capacity of the recently-confirmed replacement ferry to carry calves for live export remains an issue, according to the Irish Cattle...
Beef
The EU has conceded to increase its beef import quota offer by almost 30,000t in a bid to reach agreement on...
N.Ireland
An agreement to progress lifting the British beef ban on exports to China is a vital first step in unlocking...
Beef
Located in Dunboyne, Co. Meath, the Kepak farm is a store-to-beef operation ran under the watchful eye of the farm...
Beef
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, today chaired the 11th meeting of the Beef Roundtable. The...