Agri-Business
Creed urged to seek EU beef price intervention commitment
Paul Ross, a farmer and local area representative in Co. Longford, has called on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and...
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...
Beef
Recent research undertaken at Teagasc, Grange – by Eddie O’Riordan, Mark McGee and Aidan Moloney – examined the carcass growth...
Beef
Abortion is a word that every suckler farmer hates to hear at this time of year. There are many reasons...
Beef
A total of 315,722 cattle that originated from ‘factory feedlots’ were slaughtered at Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine...
Beef
While some marts have held their last sale of 2018 already, the remainder are expected to follow suit this week....
Beef
During the winter period, ringworm can start raising its ugly head on animals that have been housed. Ringworm is caused...
Dairy
Opening her presentation at the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation’s (ICBF’s) Genetics Conference, Siobhan Ryan of Teagasc asked the audience: “Why...
Beef
After a 59-day finishing period 50 dairy origin beef heifers from the Gene Ireland Progeny test centre at Tully, Co....
Beef
Investigating whether grass-fed beef is better than other types of beef for consumers was the focus of a Department of...
Beef
As has been the case over the past number of weeks, the number of cattle being presented for sale has...