Beef
One thing is clear from this current crisis; the Irish beef industry will never be the same again, according to UCD's Dr. Patrick Wall.
In the last two years, Department of Agriculture inspectors have found 21 beef-grading machines outside rules set out for their operation.
Agri-Business
Longford farmers say C&D Foods owner Larry Goodman has 'gobbled' up the market and become a super-power in the beef industry.
Agri Politics
An "intensive lobby" of all TDs and Senators will be held by the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) in Dublin next Wednesday (February 13).
The IFA is set to embark on a "thorough examination" of the beef sector as part of a new review into the sector's income crisis.
This week last year the IFA staged the second of its beef protests outside beef plants across the country over low beef prices.
Data contained in Teagasc's 2014 National Farm Survey (NFS) details the impact last years beef crisis had on cattle finishers.
