Beef
The IGA annual beef event is set to take place outside Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, on the farm of Tim Meagher on Tuesday, June 10.
The new National Dairy Beef Weighing Scheme "does not go far enough" for beef finishers, according to the ICSA.
With just a few months until farmers will be getting cattle back into sheds for winter housing, feeding costs are an expense that processors and retailers must recognise, an Irish farm organisation has said.
As reaction continues to the National Farm Survey report, the IFA has said that there is "no hiding place" on beef farmer incomes.
Agri-Business
Income for beef finishers and farmers with cattle declined by almost one-fifth in 2023, according to the Teagasc National Farm Survey.
A "shortsighted" approach by factories is undermining the confidence of beef farmers a farm organisation has warned.
The number of beef farmers who are finishing cattle as bulls has been in decline over the past number of years.
Beef News
The average income for farms rearing cattle last year stood at €10,927 which is a 30% increase on the 2020 figure, according to Teagasc.
Beef finishers are facing a higher margin over concentrate rate this year, however they're not necessarily doing better than they were
The latest episode of Farmland discusses beef finishing diets and availing of current prices, as well as the latest issues facing designated farmers.
Macra na Feirme has said that action is needed to ensure beef farmers can continue to farm by...
Farmers in the business of purchasing cattle at this time of the year for winter finishing will...
The "merry-go-round of price cutting at every available opportunity can't continue" according to the ICSA.
The winter finishing of animals is no easy task. There are many factors that make this enterprise very expensive.
Irish cattle supplies are likely to increase by 100,000 in 2016, according to Teagasc Beef Specialist Aidan Murray.
