Beef
Factories consider closing as 'cold snap' approaches
A number of factories – both sheepmeat and beef – are currently looking at the possibility of ceasing processing this...
Beef
A number of factories – both sheepmeat and beef – are currently looking at the possibility of ceasing processing this...
Beef
The day has passed when offal and skins had no value and the farmer must now get a fair share...
Beef
The Irish livestock farming sector is increasingly being manipulated by the meat factories, according to Ray Doyle of the Marts Division of the...
Sheep
The ‘Clean Livestock Policy’ for sheep is a topic of much debate among farmers – particularly outdoor store finishers and...
Beef
Just over 1.2 million cattle have been slaughtered in Ireland so far this year. That’s an increase of 65,924 head...
Beef
Factories are undermining the beef market with unnecessary cattle price cuts, according to the Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA’s) National Livestock...
Beef
Beef factories are increasingly using their own feedlots to undermine the chance of independent farmers making a profit, the ICSA...
Agri Politics
Abattoirs in Australia are beginning to shut their doors on the back of higher lamb prices. 7 News Melborne reports...
Sheep
The euphoria surrounding the €25m Sheep Welfare Scheme has been short-lived, according to the ICSA’s John Brooks, as sheepmeat prices...
Sheep
Factories are really putting the boot in by importing sheep from Scotland, England or Wales, the Irish Cattle and Sheep...
Sheep
The move by the two major lamb factory groups to impose clipping charges on lambs is ‘totally wrong’, according to the IFA’s John...
Beef
Hundreds of beef farmers flocked to Tullamore for the IFA ‘Beef Challenges 2017’ event last night, were many struggled to...
Beef
Beef farmers have been forced to carry the can through loss making prices this autumn, IFA President Joe Healy has...
Sheep
It is time for meat factories to stop using scare tactics in an effort to drive down the price of...
Beef
Base steer and heifer prices remain unchanged from those offered last week. Several managers around the country who spoke to...
Sheep
Farmers have been angered at the suggestion that meat factories could impose a €2 charge for sheep skin storage or disposal....
Beef
Calls have been made for an urgent investigation into insurance deducted from farmers at Irish meat factories. The Irish Cattle...