
Agri-Business
Claim suckler efficiency scheme is 'not fit for purpose'
The Irish Family Farm Group (IFFG) has claimed that the new Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) is “not fit for...
Agri-Business
The Irish Family Farm Group (IFFG) has claimed that the new Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) is “not fit for...
Beef
All suckler farmers must be able to access the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP), which is due to come into...
Beef
It was an in-calf Charolais-cross heifer that took the top price at the weekly sale of heifers, bullocks and dry...
Agri-Business
The president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) Dermot Kelleher has said that government funding is urgently...
Beef
The government must not sacrifice Ireland’s “sustainable suckler sector” to deliver on its climate and emissions reduction targets, the Irish...
Beef
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation’s (ICBF’s) latest calf registration statistics show that the number of suckler-bred calvings to date this...
Beef
Only 24% of suckler-bred heifers calve at 22-26 months nationally. In the dairy sector, this calving figure stands at 75%,...
Beef
There are calls for the government to carry out an assessment of both the social and economic impacts of a...
Beef
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has labelled speculation that the suckler herd will be sacrificed to maintain...
Beef News
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) National Livestock chair Brendan Golden has claimed that suckler and beef farmers were ignored in...
Agri-Business
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has expressed disappointment at the lack of targeted support for sheep farmers...
Beef
Independent TD Danny Healy Rae has said that the government is clearly trying to reduce the national herd by offering...
Beef News
Many of last year’s autumn-born suckler-bred weanlings have started appearing at marts countrywide and in the coming weeks, the spring...
Beef
Standing 320m above sea level is Slieve Glah, the highest point in central Co. Cavan, and farming on it is...
Beef
Spring-born ‘bucket reared’ calves are now weaned off milk and out in the fields, with grass making up a significant...
Agri-Business
Synchronisation of breeding can deliver greater levels of efficiency across the entire Irish suckler sector. In Northern Ireland the average...
Beef
The breeding season is underway on early spring-calving suckler farms, and will begin in the coming few weeks on herds...
Beef
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has met with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue...