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Opinion: Battle for nomad cattle to have dual labelling is a dead end

February 17, 2016

The quest for dual national ‘Born in Ireland-finished in UK’ retail label to solve the nomad cattle problem is a dead end. Analysis…

November 18, 2015

ABP has made major changes to its beef pricing grid in the UK with the aim of reducing the number of over-age cattle…

October 22, 2015

Tighter supermarket specifications are having a big impact on the beef industry in the UK as these specifications are forcing farmers and processors…

December 27, 2014

The UK’s mainline processors want to buy a higher proportion of heifers because this reduces the risk of them handling out of specification,…