Beef
Beef kill: Cattle supply over 1,000 head/week below 2023
Weekly beef kill numbers have been running over 1,000 head/week below the equivalent weeks of last year for the past...
Beef
Weekly beef kill numbers have been running over 1,000 head/week below the equivalent weeks of last year for the past...
Agri-Business
The benchmark for world food commodity prices was unchanged in June, as increases in international quotations for vegetable oils, sugar...
Agri Politics
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has called for the introduction of a Fodder Production Incentive Measure to...
Dairy
A research trial into yields as a result of sowing multi-species swards has revealed that using an additional 100kg of...
Beef
A number of trade and weather-related factors are taking a toll on the mart trade for cattle over the past...
Tillage
The European Commission has today (Tuesday, July 2) authorised two genetically modified (GM) maize crops and renewed the authorisation for...
Beef
A dairy calf to beef farm located in Moydow, Co. Longford, is set to host a farm walk on behalf...
Beef
Processors have been told that they “can and must do more” for farmers in closing the gap between beef prices...
Rural Life
Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board (LOETB) and Teagasc have entered a partnership to deliver new training programmes and...
N.Ireland
Newry Show 2024 saw a tremendous Jersey cow scooping the event’s dairy inter-breed title – Potteswalls Bontino Dawn. She calved...
Beef
The number of calves born in Ireland to date this year has fallen by over 34,500 head, according to the...
Beef
Latest beef kill figures show that while supplies of prime cattle have tightened significantly in recent weeks, the numbers of...
Beef
The latest ABP Monitor Farm update comes from John Twohigs’ dairy and beef farm in Bandon, Co. Cork, where the...
N.Ireland
Enhancing levels of sustainability within the beef sector has been recognised as a key climate change target for agriculture across...
Rural Life
The Virginia Show in Virginia, Co. Cavan, is set to return on Wednesday, August 21, 2024, with entries now open...
Beef
A new Teagasc organic farming research project, Growing Resilient Organic Farming Systems (GROFarmS), is being undertaken to demonstrate to farmers...
Beef
The Irish Hereford Breed Society (IHBS) is seeking a new breed secretary to replace Louise Callan who has announced she...
Beef
Dairy-beef systems can achieve net profits in excess of €1,300 net margin/ha according to Teagasc. At the BEEF2024 open day...