Beef
Factory quotes: Cattle prices firm with price cuts reversed
This week’s factory quotes sees a much firmer trade for beef cattle, with no talk of price cuts from procurement...
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Beef
Factory quotes: Cow prices slip but prime cattle steady
This week’s factory quotes see some of the stronger cow prices take a wrap at the larger cow-buying outlets, but...
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Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Beef
Has cattle price peaked and where does it go from here?
2022 has been a year like no other in terms of movement in cattle price. Irish beef price has increased...
Beef
Factory quotes: Beef price up by 20c/kg as supply tightens
Substantial movement has been seen in beef price in all categories of cattle this week, as processors have moved to...
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Factory quotes: R-grade heifers at €5.05/kg and rising
This week’s factory quotes have seen cattle price move up again with more in-spec beef cattle managing to surpass an...
Beef
Factory quotes: Prime Angus cattle remain out in front
Cattle quotes remain in a good position this week, but despite much optimism among farmers of another factory price rise...
Beef
Beef kill: Big increase seen in cow and heifer categories
The total number of beef cows processed at slaughter facilities approved by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine...
Beef
Factory quotes: No move in base price but 'top ups' available
Factory beef processors are extremely reluctant to move base price forward and are – generally speaking – holding quotes at...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Beef
'Many cases' where factories 'will pay more than quoted prices'
Following the collapse in beef prices due to Covid-19, the market has shown signs of recovery and, with the food...
Beef
Cattle marts: Wet weather brings out numbers but quality lots remain in demand
The wet weather in recent days resulted in an increase in the number of cattle on offer in Castlerea Mart...
Beef
Cattle prices increase in the UK (prices up almost 20c/kg since March)
Deadweight cattle prices have increased across the board in the UK with the trade once again being in a more...
Beef
Irish cattle are too expensive for Egyptian buyers - Bord Bia
Irish cattle prices are currently too expensive to make exporting cattle to Egypt viable, according to Bord Bia’s Joe Burke....
Beef
UK processors and supermarkets specs hit UK store cattle prices
The major processors and retailers in the UK are focusing on specification and farmers there are being hit as store...
Beef
North's heifer price continues to drop closer to price paid in the Republic
Heifer prices in Northern Ireland are continuing to slide and the North has now dropped to fourth place on the...
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Cow monitoring app 'means we can stay farming for longer'
Sylvia and John Powell installed Nedap cow monitoring on their 250-strong herd in February 2023. Farming just outside Birr, Co....
Beef
Little movement in factory beef price, but January kill 10% higher than 2015
There has been little movement in beef price, with base quotes remaining the at the same level as last week....
Beef
Beef Factories - Irish prime cattle prices remain stable but cows fall again
The trade for finished cattle is remaining steady on the back of firm demand, but this is being offset by...
