Dairy
Calf births fall 2%, but dairy births jump 10,000 head this year - ICBF
There has been a decrease in the number of calves born so far this year compared to the same time...
Dairy
There has been a decrease in the number of calves born so far this year compared to the same time...
Beef
Irish beef appears to be onto a winner in France, according to Le Figaro, the biggest selling newspaper in France....
Beef
The price difference between Irish and Northern Irish heifers has increased in recent weeks, figures from the Livestock and Meat...
Dairy
When it comes to calving time, the risk of Johne’s Disease infecting calves is higher than at other times of...
Beef
While the relentless malaise in the cattle trade has no doubt continued, in recent days the deadweight prime cattle trade...
Agri-Business
Exports of food and live animals in January 2016 increased by €52m (+8%) to €705m when compared January 2015, the latest...
Beef
The price difference between heifers slaughtered in Ireland and Northern Ireland has narrowed again, figures from the Livestock and Meat...
Agri Politics
A five-year-old Charolais cow has given birth to quadruplets on a farm in Saskatchewan in Canada. It is believed that...
Beef
Scale is not always associated with organic beef production, but one Co. Tipperary beef farmer is changing the game. John...
N.Ireland
The narrowing of the Irish and Northern Irish beef price will have little impact on the cross-border beef trade, according...
Beef
Significant differences can now be seen in the beef price received in the UK between ‘in spec’ and ‘out of spec’...
Beef
Each extra tonne of grass used on beef farms has a positive impact on the profitability of the business, according...
Beef
Bord Bia is currently in the process of developing a new Quality Assurance Scheme for beef and lamb producers with...
Beef
The Netherlands has been cleared to export beef to the US market, making it the third EU country after Ireland...
Beef
March is the time to tend to calving cows and to tag and register calves with the Department of Agriculture....
Rural Life
Could a variation of the ancestor of modern day cattle, the aurochs, come back to roam parts of Europe in...
N.Ireland
Cow throughput at plants in Northern Ireland for the six week period ending February 20 stood at 11,289 head, the...
N.Ireland
The dairy herd in Northern Ireland stood at 313,600 cows in December 2015, a year-on-year increase of 2%, the latest figures...