Beef
How do Irish deadweight heifer prices compare in Europe?
The latest report from the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) indicates that Irish heifer prices decreased by 1.3c/kg from the...
Beef
The latest report from the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) indicates that Irish heifer prices decreased by 1.3c/kg from the...
Beef
Live cattle exports are vital to both the Irish beef and dairy industries; moving cattle out of the country provides...
Beef
Two of the country’s leading farmer organisations have welcomed the new Oireachtas report on the future for the beef sector,...
Beef
The latest kill figures from the department of agriculture’s beef kill database indicate that just over 34,600 cattle were slaughtered...
Beef
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has said that a financial support package, similar to the €100 million beef fund for...
Beef
A report into the future of the beef sector, produced by the Joint Oireachats Committee on Agriculture, Food and the...
Beef
EU member states today, Thursday, June 20, agreed to a proposal from the European Commission to make €50 million available...
Agri-Business
Profitability in the beef sector remains volatile, with most farms struggling to achieve a profit before EU subsidies. Meanwhile, the...
Beef
Farmers have been left counting the costs yet again. Over the years, farmers slaughtering cattle in June were able to...
Beef
Beef HealthCheck is an Animal Health Ireland (AHI) led programme developed in collaboration with Meat Industry Ireland (MII). Under the...
Beef
In recent years, more and more baled silage has been made and this year is no different. Favorable weather conditions...
Beef
The beef kill in Ireland has been running well above average in recent times. Despite last week’s bank holiday Monday,...
Beef
The Irish Grassland Association (IGA) will hold its National Beef Conference in the Abbeyleix Manor Hotel, Co. Laois, on Thursday,...
Beef
Farmers with bulls fit for slaughter have come under pressure in beef processing plants, with some finishers finding it somewhat...
Beef
Currently, the amount of suckler farms in Ireland using AI is low; somewhere in the region of 25% of progeny...
Beef
An Irish exporter has begun buying bulls for Turkey. Viastar, the Meath-based exporting company, is currently actively sourcing suitable bulls...
Beef
There could be “some light on the horizon” for beef farmers in Ireland if consumers in China switch from a...
Beef
The June bank holiday has come and gone and – for the most part – factory quotes remain unchanged when...