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Tesco pledges to maintain its current beef price until June

April 1, 2020

Beef

Tesco Ireland has confirmed that it will maintain the same price it is paying for beef up to June 2020, when it will…

Weekly beef kill falls, but only slightly

February 21, 2020

Beef

Official figures show the number of cattle slaughtered in Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine approved beef plants fell to 36,623 head last…

Weekly beef kill rises to almost 37,000 head

February 13, 2020

Beef

Official figures have showed that 36,949 cattle were killed in Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine approved beef plants during the week ending…

Calls made for ‘Kerrygold’ brand…for beef

February 6, 2020

Agri Politics

Calls have been made by Denis Naughten for the establishment of a distinctive brand for Irish grass-fed suckler beef – similar to Kerrygold…

Beef trade: Factories managing to keep a cap on base quotes

January 21, 2020

Beef

While there has been some upward direction in base quotes for steers and heifers since the turn of the year, beef processors are…

Video: Tractors gather ahead of farmer protest in Dublin today

January 15, 2020

Rural Life

Additional reporting by Breifne O’Brien Tractors, trailers, 4X4s and machinery of all sorts have gathered at various locations across the country and are…

‘It’s no good giving away beef now only to regret it later’

January 14, 2020

Beef

Beef farmers have been called on to “insist on a minimum base price of €3.70 for steers and €3.75 for heifers immediately” by…

Lidl: Irish beef listed across 12 markets – with ‘plans to grow sales’

January 14, 2020

Beef

Lidl is committed to working with the Beef Market Taskforce in a constructive manner over the coming months, the multinational retailer has confirmed.…

Beef farmers urged to ‘dig in’ for price increase

January 14, 2020

Beef

Beef farmers are being urged to “dig in” for a price increase amid tightening cattle supplies by the Irish Farmer’s Association (IFA). Angus…

Meat yield analysis ‘shines light on profiteering of processors and retailers’

January 8, 2020

Beef

Analysis conducted by the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has “shone a light on the massive profiteering by processors and retailers…

‘Irrefutable’ basis for beef price increase – McCormack

January 7, 2020

Beef

All market indicators now combine to make “an irrefutable case for an immediate and significant improvement in the prices paid to farmers for…

New IFA National Livestock Committee chair elected

January 7, 2020

Agri Politics

The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has elected a new chairman for its National Livestock Committee, following a meeting of the committee in Portlaoise,…

Irish beef prices ‘have major potential to rise’ based on UK prices – IFA

January 7, 2020

Beef

Cattle prices need to rise substantially in 2020, according to outgoing Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) National Livestock Committee chairman Angus Woods. The base…