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Irish beef exports down 9% in January

An 8% increase in the value of beef exports in January masks a 9% decline in volumes.

NEWS 28 March 2025

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Weanlings break €5/kg barrier

Weanlings break €5/kg barrier

MARKETS 19 March 2025

€20/hogget taken from farmers’ pockets

€20/hogget taken from farmers’ pockets

MARKETS 12 March 2025

Sheep Trends: factories pull hoggets by 20c/kg

Sheep Trends: factories pull hoggets by 20c/kg

Sheep Trends: factories pull hoggets by 20c/kg

MARKETS 12 March 2025

Agri-exports still look mostly eastwards

Agri-exports still look mostly eastwards

Agri-exports still look mostly eastwards

DEALER 19 February 2025

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Sheep Trends: factories pull hoggets by 20c/kg

Sheep Trends: factories pull hoggets by 20c/kg

Further pressure has been inflicted on the trade, with base quotes in most plants reducing by 20c/kg on last week’s level.

MARKETS 6 November 2024

Agri-exports still look mostly eastwards

Agri-exports still look mostly eastwards

Ireland's dependence on exports to the US is a trend that agri-food bucks. It might matter soon if a trade and tariff war breaks out.

DEALER 6 November 2024

Sheep kill is running 45,000 head behind 2024

Sheep kill is running 45,000 head behind 2024

The sharp tightness in supply is reflected in throughput running almost 30% lower.

MARKETS 6 November 2024

Heydon is poised to take top agriculture role

Heydon is poised to take top agriculture role

A farmer all his life, a TD since 2011, and a Minister of State in Agriculture House for the last five years, it's been a lifelong apprenticeship for biggest job in Irish farming for Martin Heydon.

NEWS 6 November 2024

Trump trade fears may be overstated

Trump trade fears may be overstated

Ireland remains very well placed in its main export markets.

NEWS 6 November 2024

Mixed story for Irish agrifood exports

Mixed story for Irish agrifood exports

Irish agrifood exports to September 2024 reveal several changes compared with same period last year.

NEWS 6 November 2024

Joskin- from Agri contractor to manufacturer with 130,000 machines in 41 years

Joskin- from Agri contractor to manufacturer with 130,000 machines in 41 years

Building 3,500-4,000 machines each year, Peter Thomas Keaveney travelled to Soumagne in Belgium to meet the Joskin family and visit some of the Joskin factories.

FARM MACHINERY 6 November 2024

Beef price gap stuck above €1/kg

Beef price gap stuck above €1/kg

Relatively strong beef price takes the focus off the gap that has developed with UK.

NEWS 6 November 2024

Factories ‘failing to reflect’ strong beef export market - IFA

Factories ‘failing to reflect’ strong beef export market - IFA

The latest Bord Bia prime export benchmark price has strengthened again and has now opened a gap of 50c/kg with the prime Irish composite price.

NEWS 6 November 2024

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