Beef
Beef exports to France up 7%
Despite French beef imports falling 3% on the year, largely on the back of lower volumes from the Netherlands and...
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Dairy
Dairy cow numbers up 5% in 12 months
With producers gearing up ahead of the removal of milk quotas in 2015, the number of dairy cows in the...
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Watch: Calor provides instant hot water solution for Kilkenny dairy farmer
Access to hot water is crucial to Irish dairy farms. All farms require a reliable and consistent method of heating...
Sheep
Sheep meat imports into the EU down
Imports of sheep meat into the European Union as a whole were down 2% on the year in the first...
Beef
Strong demand for New Zealand beef into 2015
Strong demand for New Zealand beef from both the US and China is likely to continue into 2015. Following a...
Beef
UK consumers switching to cheaper beef cuts
There has been strong volume growth in beef in the UK over the last 12 weeks, driven by minced beef according...
Opinion
Reward for delivering in-spec cattle is abundantly obvious
The mystery of how British prime cattle prices rose by 4p-5p last week (w/e September 6) despite a 12% increase...
Agri-Business
Global food prices falling but meat prices continue to rise
While the latest food price index from the UN Food & Agriculture Organisation for August fell for the fifth consecutive...
Dairy
Netherlands dairy herd up 6% in 2 years
The May 2014 census results for the Netherlands indicate that total cattle numbers were up 2%, compared with a year...
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Renowned sheep farming pair trust Tribamec Duo
Tribamec Duo combines Chanelle Pharma’s established products: Animec Oral solution for sheep and Tribex 5% oral suspension for sheep. The...
Beef
Northern Ireland suckler herd declining
The Northern Ireland suckler herd is on the decline and that decline is likely to speed up according to an...
Beef
Supermarket retailers profit at expense of livestock producers, says UFU
Calls have been made on supermarket retailers by beef farmers in Northern Ireland to stop profiteering on the back of livestock...
Sheep
UK on track to export its largest amount of sheep meat in 16 years with 48,000t
UK exports of sheep meat in the first six months of 2014 totalled 48,000 tonnes, an increase of almost 2%...
Beef
Positive movement in the British cattle trade, Irish trade remains under pressure
Last week saw another week where there was upwards movement in the prime cattle trade in the Britain according to...
Beef
UK imports of Irish beef down 3% in June
Despite production continuing to surge ahead in the month, shipments of beef from Ireland to the UK were surprisingly back...
Beef
Revised UK trade figures show upward revisions
In the first six months of the year, UK shipments of meat are reported to be up almost 1% on...
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Watch: Rugby legend on tackling resistant worms in cattle
At this time of year, many farmers are organising their animal health plan and tackling resistant worms to cover their...
Agri Politics
US sheep meat imports higher in 2014
During the first six months of the year the US imported 38,700 tonnes of sheep meat, an increase of 3%...
Beef
Russia may look to Brazil to fill beef shortfall
With Russia recently announcing that they would be banning EU beef imports, it may be the case that Russia looks...
Agri-Business
Growth in global meat production limited by rising cost of inputs
Global production growth for meat is to average 2% a year over the next decade, restrained by the rising cost...
Agri Politics
New Zealand lamb production down 2%
New Zealand lamb production in the first six months of 2014 fell 2%, compared to the same period last year...