Beef
Beef trade: Plenty of factory-fit bulls still available
This week, the steer and heifer trade has remained unchanged. However, procurement managers have noted that there is still plenty...
Beef
This week, the steer and heifer trade has remained unchanged. However, procurement managers have noted that there is still plenty...
Agri-Business
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) president, Patrick Kent, has questioned the financing of the “Food in the Anthropocene: the...
Agri Politics
Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice is calling for farmer access to carcass photographs – before and after trimming – in a...
Beef
The Gene Ireland Dairy Beef Programme selects suitable bulls for progeny testing on dairy cows. Ciaran Costello – from the...
Beef
Every blade of grass that an animal eats represents a saving on winter feed costs and will have a positive...
Agri Politics
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) president Joe Healy has called for “intervention and complete transparency” within the beef sector ahead...
Agri Politics
Following last night’s Brexit vote in the UK, farm leaders across Ireland have warned the powers that be that supports...
Agri Politics
With concerns mounting over the possibility of a no-deal Brexit, following last night’s vote in the House of Commons, AgriLand spoke...
Beef
The Taoiseach’s recent comments about eating less meat to reduce his carbon footprint have angered beef farmers, according to the...
Agri-Business
Paul Ross, a farmer and local area representative in Co. Longford, has called on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and...
Beef
Cattle quotes have remained unchanged for the past number of weeks. This time last year, beef quotes were on the...
Beef
The number of calves registered to beef cows – suckler calf registrations in other words – has continued to fall,...
Beef
Silage is the number one feed on the majority of farms over the winter period. Farmers feeding silage need to...
Beef
As the saying goes, ‘you can’t manage what you don’t measure’. Many farmers are reaping the benefits of weighing their...
Dairy
Johne’s disease is a bacterial disease of cattle, which can have a negative economic impact on farms. It is caused...
Beef
Winter feeding is well and truly underway. An extended grazing period – after the 2018 summer drought – allowed farmers...
Beef
The BullBeef research project carried out at Teagasc, Grange, Co. Meath has investigated pasture-based production systems for suckler-bred male cattle...
Beef
Spring-calving suckler cows and heifers are now in mid-to-late pregnancy and it’s extremely important that measures are put in place...