Beef
Beef factories anxious for cattle as Christmas market begins
The factory/farmer beef price stalemate has continued from last week, with steer and heifer prices remaining largely unchanged. The Irish...
Beef
The factory/farmer beef price stalemate has continued from last week, with steer and heifer prices remaining largely unchanged. The Irish...
Agri-Business
Farmers should admit that beef prices are quite strong at the moment, given the current situation we find ourselves in...
Other
The impact of the Mercosur free-trade deal on Irish beef farmers was high on the agenda during Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s first...
Beef
Some factories across the country have reported a lower kill on the back of ex-hurricane Ophelia last week. There were...
Beef
The value of beef output from the dairy herd will equal 60% of the total Irish beef output in years...
Beef
The Newford demonstration farm and suckler herd was set-up in 2015, with the aim to operate a profitable 100 cow suckler-to-beef...
Beef
In 2016, less than 20% of beef heifers calved at 22-26 months. Heifers averaged 31.5-months-of-age at the point of first calving,...
Beef
Accounting for over 75% of the total variable costs, feed is the single largest variable cost on Irish beef farms....
Beef
Procurement managers, across the country, have reported strong numbers of beef cattle being available for slaughter. However, yesterday’s kill is...
Opinion
Re-establishing a sugar beet industry in Ireland is the height of folly. That horse bolted 10 years ago. Yes, quotas...
Beef
Beef farmers looking to finish Hereford or Friesian steers will struggle to break-even this winter, due to high store costs...
Beef
Latest figures from Teagasc show that farmers operating bull-beef systems will require a break-even price of 422-444c/kg on a 180-day finishing...
Beef
Winter finishers look set for a difficult few months ahead. Recent work, carried out by Teagasc, shows that high store...
Agri-Business
Anuga, which claims to be the world’s largest food fair, commenced on Saturday, October 7, in Cologne, Germany. It runs...
Opinion
The following statement might be akin to the old adage of ‘teaching grandmother to suck eggs’, but straw – irrespective...
Agri-Business
Bord Bia has announced that it is increasing its investment in the German food and beverage market. This comes as...
Beef
Irish and European farmers are being “thrown to the wolves” when it comes to the Mercosur deal, according to the...
Beef
Hundreds of farmers from across the country have joined an IFA protest against the Mercosur trade deal outside the EU...