Beef
Dispersal sale of 'top' suckler herd set for Carnew tomorrow
Carnew Mart in Co. Wicklow is set to host a suckler-herd dispersal sale tomorrow (Wednesday, September 13) in conjunction with...
Suckler Herd
Agri-Business
EBI and reduced slaughter age key to cut emissions and costs
Dairy Economic Breeding Index (EBI) and a younger slaughter age of cattle as measures to cut emissions could also significantly...
Dairy Technical
Suckler calf registrations down 108,460 since 2017
Calf registrations for suckler-bred animals have fallen by over 100,000 head in the last six years, while dairy numbers have...
Beef
Average dairy and suckler herd sizes for 2022 revealed
The average dairy and suckler herd sizes for 2022 have been revealed by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...
Beef
Skidoo suckler herd dispersal set for Carnaross this Friday
A total of 60 in-calf commercial suckler cows from the Skidoo herd are set to go under the hammer this...
Beef
Suckler calving statistics for 2021 released by ICBF
The 2021 HerdPlus suckler beef calving reports have been released by the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF). The 2021 data...
Beef Technical
Are your suckler cows in the right condition for breeding?
With the breeding season soon getting into action in spring-calving suckler herds, farmers need to look at the condition of...
Beef
What gains have been made from BEEP-S?
The Beef Environment Efficiency Programme – Sucklers (BEEP-S) was a scheme in place throughout 2020 for suckler farmers. It involved...
Agri Politics
BEAM flexibility based on Covid restrictions and falling suckler numbers called for
Penalties associated with the 5% reduction of bovine livestock manure nitrogen under the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) should be...
Agri Politics
Any attempts to cull suckler herds 'will not be tolerated'
“Any attempts to cull our environmentally-sustainable traditional suckler herds will not be tolerated,” according to the Irish Natura and Hill...
Beef
Suckler clearance sale scheduled for next week
A suckler clearance sale, being held on behalf of two herd owners, is set to take place in Co. Kildare...
Beef
Emission targets can be met without beef cull - but farmer buy-in needed
The Irish agricultural sector can meet its climate action targets without reducing the national beef herd – but only if...
Beef
How was the reproductive performance of the suckler herd in 2018?
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) recently published 2018 beef calving statistics, which is aimed to give suckler farmers an insight...
Beef
'Suckler farmers would be better off not in BDGP at all' - mart manager
If suckler beef was marketed as a “premium product” the sector wouldn’t be “forced to beg” the Government for the...
Beef
'The amount of money the BDGP has taken out of my pocket is unbelievable'
Concerns over the suckler herd’s survival and the efficacy of the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) will be raised...
Beef
Creed hints at 'early slaughter premium' to support sucklers
The Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, is considering the introduction of an “early slaughter premium” as...
Agri Politics
Suckler conundrum poll: How would a payment be funded?
As debate over the potential introduction of a €200 / suckler cow subsidy rumbles on, AgriLand asks how would such...
Beef
National suckler herd's economic importance to be studied in early 2018
A study on the economic importance of Ireland’s national suckler cow herd will be carried out by the Irish Farmers’...