Beef
A big talking point amongst farmers this autumn has been exporter demand for top-quality, continental-bred weanlings and prices paid for them
Weanling exporters have been "urged to refrain from any possible disruption of mart sales" by the...
A group of weanling exporters are set to meet with Animal Health Ireland (AHI) in relation to the health of weanlings at mart sales
Some key Irish-based weanling exporters may consider pausing buying weanlings at marts from next week Agriland has learned.
Over 25,500 head of cattle have been exported in the first seven weeks of 2025, according to the latest figures from DAFM.
Beef Technical
Export figures for weanling cattle have taken a hit so far this year and are back by over 2,720...
There has been a marked increase in the number of Irish weanlings shipped out of Ireland by live export means this year.
An additional 96,734 French cattle were imported into Italy during the first 11 months of 2016, according to Bord Bia.
There was good demand for weanlings in the marts last week, driven by the competition created by continuing exports of cattle to Turkey.
The number of weanlings exported from Ireland by live-export means fell by 33% during the first three months of the year.
The number of weanlings exported from Ireland by live-export means has dropped by 27% during the first eight weeks of 2016 on 2015 levels, recent figures from the Department of Agriculture show.
