Beef
'The days when offal and skins had no value are gone'
The day has passed when offal and skins had no value and the farmer must now get a fair share...
Beef
The day has passed when offal and skins had no value and the farmer must now get a fair share...
Beef
Farming in Kilcullen, Co. Kildare, Oliver O’Hanlon has been working the land since 1975. Originally, Oliver ran a dairy herd...
Opinion
This is a challenging enough time for agriculture in Ireland. CAP reform is, once again, on the horizon as is...
Beef
The importance of the Chinese market to the Irish agri-food sector is much more complex than the country having a...
Beef
There is a possibility that beef carcase weights could decline further in 2018, according to Bord Bia’s Joe Burke. Burke...
Beef
Winter feeding is well and truly underway and silage pits are starting to decrease in size. Due to the adverse...
Beef
In 2017, there were around 3.15 million individual searches for sires recorded on the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation’s (ICBF’s) animal search...
Beef
It has been confirmed that contracts have now been awarded for the provision of advisory services to producer organisations in...
Beef
Over 3.7 million individual hits were recorded on the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation’s (ICBF’s) animal search facility in 2017. The animal...
Opinion
The past week has seen the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) provide a very confident perspective regarding the prospects for Irish...
Beef
Abortion is a word that every suckler farmer hates to hear at this time of year. There are many reasons...
Opinion
The last two years have seen the milk sector monopolise the issue of volatility and the need to come up...
Opinion
Congratulations to Patrick Kent on his re-election as president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA). Over the...
Beef
The suckler cow herd is expected to decrease on EU-15 farms, according to the European Commission’s EU Agricultural Outlook report....
Beef
The latest report from the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) indicates that Irish heifer prices have witnessed the largest increase...
Beef
The winter period is an expensive time from beef farmers. Not alone are the margins tight, but the inclement weather...
Agri-Business
The lack of progress on EU-Mercosur trade negotiations at the weekend “doesn’t mean we can take our eye off talks”,...
Beef
The beef sector cannot be sacrificed in favour of pushing through the ‘toxic‘ Mercosur deal, according to the president of...