Beef
Almost 300 farmers gathered at Corrin Mart, Fermoy, Co. Cork on Wednesday, December 6, for the ABP Food Group dairy-beef breeding event.
Corrin Mart, Fermoy, Co. Cork, is set to be the venue for an information event aimed at both dairy and beef farmers on Wednesday, December 6.
AgriLand caught up with Seán Leahy, manager at Fermoy Mart and Tim McSweeney of Macroom Mart, who provided an update on the calf trade.
Numbers of entries in calf marts around the country appeared to have somewhat stabilised this week, with some large turnouts reported.
This week numbers jumped once again, with large entries and a "good trade" reported in most cases around the country.
Reports emerging from calf sales indicate that the number of calves coming on stream has increased this week.
Over the past number of days, there has been mixed reports when it comes to the calf trade, as a result of poor weather conditions.
Dairy
Heavily-populated dairy areas have seen an increase in the number of calves being presented for sale during the past week.
Looking at the latest statistics from the IICBF - so far this year - some 31,674 calves were registered to dairy dams.
A total of three clearance sales will take place over two days in Fermoy Mart. In total, 209 heifers and cows will be sold.
The new pre-sales arrangements introduced by Fermoy Mart have been questioned by the chairperson of North Cork ICMSA, Maurice Walsh.
Fermoy Mart will host two "complete" dairy clearance sales over the coming weeks and 300 head of dairy stock will be offered over two days.
Fermoy Mart’s weekly cattle sale took place on Tuesday last (January 30) and a healthy crowd...
