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Beef Trends: price pressure continues in trade
Adam Woods
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including the latest quotes.
13 May 2024 Markets
Factories facing backlash on beef price pull
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including the latest factory quotes for finished cattle.
8 May 2024 Markets
Factories apply pressure to trade
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade.
Beef Trends: factories look to lower quotes
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including what factories are paying for finished cattle.
8 May 2024 Markets
Beef Trends: finished cattle quotes steady
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including the latest factory quotes for finished cattle.
1 May 2024 Markets
Camera at the Mart: grass buyers out in force in Ballymote
The final spring weanling sale in Ballymote saw strong farmer activity, with quality being highly sought after.
1 May 2024 Markets
Cautious optimism for beef trade in 2024
After one of the worst spring seasons in many years, the outlook is beginning to improve for beef farmers as live exports surge.
Beef: winter finishing confidence low
Beef farmers are not immune to the wet weather and winter essentially has been extended to eight months in the northwest.
17 April 2024 Viewpoints
ICSA slams proposed changes to nutrient excretion rates
Changes are fundamentally unfair and biased, according to ICSA.
12 April 2024 News
Beef Trends: cows the highlight of this week's trade
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including what’s being quoted for different types of cattle.
10 April 2024 Markets
Beef prices fall short of finishing costs
Beef prices are running below finishing costs, putting farmers into loss making territory this spring
13 March 2024 Northern Ireland
Camera at the Mart: bull beef finishers and exporters drive demand in Ballymote
Numbers were considerably up on the same time last year, but failed to meet demand, as finishers, farmers and exporters bid hard to secure numbers.
13 March 2024 Markets