Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including the latest factory quotes for finished cattle.
SUBSCRIBER ONLYNevan Mc Kiernan reports from the Midland and Western Livestock Improvement Society's elite continental sale in Carrick on Shannon.
ICSA secretary general Hugh Farrell has said that the factories are in "desperation for numbers".
The Pedigree Breeders Council is calling for a fully independent technical review into the accuracy and the impact of the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation star ratings on the national herd.
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Nevan McKiernan was at Saturday's 'Christmas Cracker' sale in Elphin Mart, where a SCEP 'ineligible' bull sold for the top price of €15,000.
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade including the latest beef quotes available for finished stock.
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including the latest quotes for finished cattle.
Over 75% of my herd is bought in, which obviously increases the potential risks that some of the bought in cattle could have been exposed to infection, James Strain writes.
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John Egerton has a number of different groups of finishing cattle on his farm.
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While lighter calves struggled slightly, quality types of calves continued to command top dollar at Granard’s weanling sale on Monday night.