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Farmer Writes: I’m not losing any sleep over ICBF indices

Tommy Moyles looks at the ICBF stars and the abolishing of milk quotas.

FARMER WRITES 19 March 2025

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Sheep farmers taking €32/head hit as processors profit - ICSA

Sheep farmers taking €32/head hit as processors profit - ICSA

NEWS 14 March 2025

NI factories play on overfat hoggets

NI factories play on overfat hoggets

NORTHERN IRELAND 12 March 2025

Coughlan defends ICBF performance in Wexford

Coughlan defends ICBF performance in Wexford

Coughlan defends ICBF performance in Wexford

NEWS 12 March 2025

Anger over weight cuts to hogget carcases

Anger over weight cuts to hogget carcases

Anger over weight cuts to hogget carcases

NEWS 5 March 2025

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Coughlan defends ICBF performance in Wexford

Coughlan defends ICBF performance in Wexford

The lack of quality beef cattle is due to the drop in suckler cow numbers, not the SCEP star system, Sean Coughlan told Wexford farmers

NEWS 4 December 2024

Anger over weight cuts to hogget carcases

Anger over weight cuts to hogget carcases

Farmers have described the cuts as a backdoor move to reduce the value of hoggets.

NEWS 4 December 2024

€8/kg in sight for beef quotes

€8/kg in sight for beef quotes

Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade including news of another price rise.

MARKETS 4 December 2024

Low supply and High demand positive news for world beef markets

Low supply and High demand positive news for world beef markets

Adam Woods reports from the Bord Bia Meat Marketing seminar which was held in Naas, Co. Kildare last week.

MARKETS 4 December 2024

Weighing up the pros and cons of meeting BCRS age limits

Weighing up the pros and cons of meeting BCRS age limits

The slaughter age limits set out under the Beef Carbon Reduction Scheme have seen more cattle being finished that are underfleshed. Kieran Mailey reports.

NORTHERN IRELAND 4 December 2024

Discarded batteries among reasons for 18 cattle deaths from lead poisoning

Discarded batteries among reasons for 18 cattle deaths from lead poisoning

Animals usually present with clinical signs of acute lead poisoning such as sudden death or blindness, staggering, head pressing and convulsions.

NEWS 4 December 2024

Regulator publishes beef factory prices

Regulator publishes beef factory prices

Agri-Food Regulator publishes indicative prices factories receive for a combination of hindquarter and forequarter beef cuts.

NEWS 4 December 2024

Exporters to prioritise steak cuts to EU

Exporters to prioritise steak cuts to EU

There is no restriction in the Mercosur deal on what type of beef cuts that can be supplied nor requirement for carcase balance.

NEWS 4 December 2024

Beef Management: breeding indoors and looking after first calving heifers

Beef Management: breeding indoors and looking after first calving heifers

This week's Beef Management takes a look at breeding indoors, sexed semen use, injection site management and looking after first calving heifers.

MANAGEMENT 4 December 2024

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