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€250/head beef factory price gap
Phelim O'Neill
Analysis by the Irish Farmers Journal of weekly prices reported by factories to DAFM shows a big gap between highest and lowest payers across all grades.
29 January 2025 Pedigree
Salers Society to withdraw ICBF Indexes from sale catalogues
Nevan McKiernan spoke with the Irish Salers Cattle Society who have decided to withdraw ICBF Indexes from their sale catalogues.
29 January 2025 Pedigree
Carrick – the home of pedigree livestock sales for nearly a century
This week Nevan Mc Kiernan spoke to Francis and Lourda Mc Gowan of the Midland and Western Livestock Improvement Society in Carrick on Shannon.
TB battle can be won, says AHWNI chief
Dr Sam Strain was the main speaker at a TB meeting in Cookstown organised by FFA in NI
29 January 2025 Northern Ireland
NI Trends: prime cattle quotes surge to 540p/kg; marts underpin hogget prices
Factory quotes in Northern Ireland have surged to 540p/kg, while marts continue to underpin the hogget trade.
29 January 2025 Markets
Selling live or finish out of the shed? Doing up the sums
Where farmers have forward stores and are considering the merits of finishing animals, doing a budget is recommended.
29 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Camera at the Mart: weanlings hit new highs in Ennis
Adam Woods reports from Ennis Mart’s weanling sale held last Tuesday.
29 January 2025 Markets
English - Irish beef price gap widens in 2024
Looking back at the beef price in 2024 and how it compared to other countries around the world.
29 January 2025 Markets
Farmer Writes: hay shed ripped asunder
Travelling anywhere on the roads shows just how extreme the wind was, with fallen/broken trees everywhere and buildings damaged.
29 January 2025 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: there is pleasure in keeping busy during the winter
And as if we were looking for something more to do, storm Éowyn uprooted eight very large leylandii evergreen trees in the garden.
29 January 2025 Farmer Writes
Discount deals available for cattle tags
Farmers can avail of discounts by pricing around on cattle tags at various distributors in Northern Ireland.
29 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Dairy calf-to-beef farms benefiting from beef index
The commercial beef value index is helping farmers rearing dairy beef calves in the Republic of Ireland source animals with stronger terminal traits. Kieran Mailey reports.
29 January 2025 Northern Ireland