Beef
A new tool has been launched to help farmers participating in the Suckler Cow Scheme in Northern...
N.Ireland
Day two of Balmoral Show is underway as competitors in the cattle, sheep and horse rings keep their eyes on the coveted rosettes.
The body condition score (BCS) of suckler cows in the lead up to calving should be closely monitored and in-calf cows should be fed...
Suckler cow numbers and the number of farmers involved in calf rearing in New Zealand (NZ) are both...
Beef News
An MEP has called for urgent action to address the "alarming decline" in suckler cow numbers and the significant drop in beef farmer income.
A former livestock chair of the IFA Derek Deane has criticised the farm organisations' lack of action on addressing the...
Farming near Ballinahinch, Co. Tipperary, the village best-known as the set for the TV series Killinaskully, is Francis Bourke.
Victoria Farms' timed auction of in-calf and maiden suckler breeding stock drew to a close on Monday, August 28.
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers' Association (INHFA) has slammed the recently updated Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) from Teagasc.
Agri-Business
The national suckler herd "cannot be sacrificed" for meeting climate objectives, the president of the ICSA, Dermot Kelleher has said.
The suckler carbon efficiency programme (SCEP) is "failing totally to improve the herds of smaller farmers" according to a TD.
Co. Down uckler beef farmer Sam Chesney is confirming that £5/kg or more is now available for finished cattle in Northern Ireland.
Galway-based cattle breeder Norman Connolly is set to offer a total of 65 in-calf suckler bred heifers at a Belgian Blue bull at Tuam Livestock Mart this coming Monday, October 17.
TD Danny Healy Rae has said the government is trying to cut the national herd by offering "a cow scrappage scheme" to suckler farmers.
The Beef Plan Movement has written to agriculture minister, Charlie McConalogue, asking him not to agree any reduction in suckler numbers.
Beef Technical
Genetics that can deliver low maintenance cattle have become more popular among suckler farmers according to Rose Goulding of the ICBC.
Managing suckler cows and calves through the use of virtual fencing is a main plank of the beef research work ongoing at AFBI Hillsborough
Plans for the sector must consider the decline in suckler-cow numbers, and protect this critical resource, the national livestock chair said.
As of February 1, this year, there were 142,000 less suckler cows in Ireland than on the same date...
Sinn Fein has given a guarded welcome to the amended farm policy reform package, unveiled yesterday at Stormont
Sixmilebridge Co-op Mart in Co. Clare, is set to host a special sale composed of "prime suckler...
Tuam Co-operative Mart in Co. Galway is set to host a special sale of 65 "hand picked" in-calf...
Agri Politics
The Beef Plan Movement (BPM) wants the government to allow full roll over relief for the purposes of farmer investment in anaerobic digestion
