Beef
Beef trade: Price under pressure amidst new factory protests
Factory protests resumed this week, albeit with no farm organisation representation. That being said, beef prices have come under pressure,...
Beef
Factory protests resumed this week, albeit with no farm organisation representation. That being said, beef prices have come under pressure,...
Beef
Farmers are likely to be “disappointed that there is no increase on the main issue of beef prices”, despite the...
Beef
The talks between Meat Industry Ireland (MII), the Beef Plan Movement, farm organisations and state agencies concluded following more than...
Agri Politics
New EU legislation on the Agricultural Markets Task Force must be implemented in Ireland and that will require a new...
Beef
A spokesperson for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has underlined that the minister cannot legally...
Beef
Beef factories have been urged to restore prices to viable levels by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA). The organisation has...
Agri Politics
Despite Irish shoppers paying high food prices, farmers are not getting the benefit – with the situation worsening over the...
Beef
Beef farmers were dealt another blow on Friday last, June 28, when news broke of the highly contested EU-Mercosur trade...
Beef
The latest report from the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) indicates that Irish heifer prices decreased by 1.3c/kg from the...
Beef
Farmers have been left counting the costs yet again. Over the years, farmers slaughtering cattle in June were able to...
Beef
Farmers with bulls fit for slaughter have come under pressure in beef processing plants, with some finishers finding it somewhat...
Agri Politics
A sector-specific body to regulate the beef sector has merit – but only if it has sufficient powers to address...
Beef
The June bank holiday has come and gone and – for the most part – factory quotes remain unchanged when...
Beef
The latest kill figures from the department of agriculture’s beef kill database indicate that just over 32,850 cattle were slaughtered...
Beef
The latest kill figures from the Department of Agriculture database indicate that just over 31,500 cattle were slaughtered during the...
Beef
The livestock chairperson of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has said that the beef price should experience a...
Beef
The Beef Plan Movement (BPM) has circulated a message to its members calling on all farmers to “unite for a...
Beef
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has submitted “a detailed case” to the European Commission for support and...