Sheep
This week's sheep trade has again seen both lamb and ewe prices hold firm, with very little movement across the sites.
Agri-Business
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) has said that falling cattle numbers leave...
Beef
As part of the recent revamp of Agriland, a new and improved factory beef price tool has been added...
After slipping by 20c/kg last week, lamb price has held steady this week at €8.00/kg all...
This week's sheep trade has seen prices cut by 20c/kg since last Monday, but one has increased its spring lamb carcass-weight limit
This week's sheep trade has seen the official lamb prices from some factories cut by up to 20c/kg in cases.
This week's sheep trade has seen processors move to cut prices for ewes and hoggets and hold spring lamb prices for the start of the week.
Sheep News
This week's sheep trade has seen factory price cuts to both spring lambs and hoggets as the cull ewe trade has remained strong.
Dairy
The strong milking cow and heifer trade continued at the 159th Carnaross dairy sale in conjunction with Taaffe Auctions Ltd.
This week's sheep trade sees factories increase their price offerings for lambs with supplies of factory lambs not managing...
This week's factory quotes article on Agriland noted that base price for beef cattle was under some level of pressure this week and...
Beef News
The IFA Beef Committee chair Declan Hanrahan has said that strong beef markets need to translate into higher prices for farmers.
Beef Technical
This week's factory quotes have seen the lower price quotes from last week edge up for this week...
This week's factory quotes see processors ahead on prices last week, reduce their quotes while the lower prices from last week have held firm.
Dairy Technical
As we enter into the autumn months, for many dairy farms, it is time to move on cull cows from the herd and reduce stocking-rate pressure.
Factory prices must move forward to reflect the current market, which shows increased beef prices, according to the IFA.
As prices in the sheep trade have remained low for farmers this week, the effects of other countries expanding their trade to Europe was acknowledged by some in the Irish trade as meaning Irish farmers "can't compete" with such low prices.
Recent market developments are at odds with the "negative" messages from factories on beef price, according to the IFA.
Weak market prices are leaving sheep farmers in a "severe loss-making situation" as factory prices drop further, Kevin Comiskey has said.
A "shortsighted" approach by factories is undermining the confidence of beef farmers a farm organisation has warned.
Farmers can overlook getting payment right away, according to the ICMSA livestock chairperson, Des Morrison
In this week's factory quotes, some of the outlets have held quotes at last week's levels while others have moved quotes up further.
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) has urged sheep farmers to "stand firm" and demand better prices for their stock.
