Beef
NZ echoes Irish trends in suckler numbers and calf rearers
Suckler cow numbers and the number of farmers involved in calf rearing in New Zealand (NZ) are both in decline,...
Suckler Cows
Beef News
Urgent action needed to address suckler number decline - MEP
An Irish MEP has called for immediate action to address the “alarming decline” in suckler cow numbers and the significant...
Beef
Watch: Deane questions IFA silence on suckler-farming exodus
In an exclusive interview with Agriland, a former livestock chair of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) and former vice president...
Beef
Beef Focus: An 'eclectic' cattle system in Killinaskully country
For this week’s beef focus, Agriland paid a visit to a farm near Ballinahinch, Co. Tipperary, the village best-known as...
Beef
Young farmers bid big at Victoria Farms heifer sale
Gabriel Sloyan’s Victoria Farms’ timed auction of in calf and maiden suckler breeding stock drew to a close with a...
Beef
Teagasc MACC 'must not become basis' for climate action - INHFA
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers’ Association (INHFA) has slammed the recently updated Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) from Teagasc....
Agri-Business
Suckler herd 'cannot be sacrificed' for climate objectives - ICSA
The national suckler herd “cannot be sacrificed” for meeting climate objectives, the president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’...
Agri-Business
Ó Cuív: Suckler scheme is 'failing totally' for smaller farmers
The suckler carbon efficiency programme (SCEP) is “failing totally to improve the herds of smaller farmers,” the Fianna Fáil TD...
N.Ireland
Finished cattle prices continue to strengthen in Northern Ireland
Co. Down suckler beef farmer Sam Chesney is confirming that more than £5/kg is now available for finished cattle in...
Beef
In-calf suckler-bred heifers set for Tuam Mart sale
Co. Galway-based cattle breeder Norman Connolly is set to offer a total of 65 in-calf suckler-bred heifers and a Belgian...
Beef
Government trying to cut herd with 'cow scrappage scheme' - TD
Independent TD Danny Healy Rae has said that the government is clearly trying to reduce the national herd by offering...
Beef
Beef Plan Movement against any reduction in suckler cows
The Beef Plan Movement (BPM) has written to agriculture minister, Charlie McConalogue, asking him not to agree to any reduction...
Beef Technical
AI: Low-maintenance cattle via genetics proving popular
The use of polled genetics among suckler farmers has increased in recent years as demand for low-maintenance cattle continues to...
Beef News
AFBI research: Is virtual fencing the future?
Managing suckler cows and calves through the use of virtual fencing is a main plank of the beef research work...
Beef News
Food Vision group told plans for beef sector must consider suckler-herd decline
Plans for the beef sector must consider the decline in suckler-cow numbers, and protect this critical resource, national livestock chair of...
Beef
Suckler cow numbers fall by over 140,000 head in five years
As of February 1, this year, there were 142,000 less suckler cows in Ireland than on the same date five...
N.Ireland
Sinn Féin gives guarded welcome to NI amended farm policy reform
Sinn Féin MLA and chair of the Stormont agriculture committee, Declan McAleer has given a guarded welcome to the amended...
Beef
Special suckler sale set for Sixmilebridge this Friday
Sixmilebridge Co-op Mart in Co. Clare, is set to host a special sale composed of “prime suckler stock” this Friday...