Sucklers

Suckler numbers continue to fall and there's no sign of that coming to an end in the near future.

Adam Woods talks a look at an Irish Farmers Journal online farmer survey completed last week.

Adam Woods takes a look at the latest figures on SCEP participation.

Nevan McKiernan reports on the Irish Charolais Cattle Society's show and sale of bulls in Tullamore Mart on Saturday.

Nevan McKiernan reports on the Northern Ireland Commercial Cattle Exhibitors' Club Springtime Spectacular show and sale in Ballymena Livestock Mart.

"What does the future hold for sucklers?" - Flor McCarthy Jr, third-generation pedigree Charolais breeder, Co Kerry

Calving time has evolved over the years on Tommy Moyles' farm at Ardfiled, Clonakilty. It's just got underway, but there's less misery involved in it than before.

The move to allow the breed societies a time allocation to vent their frustrations in person this Friday at the stakeholder forum is a positive one.

Farmers' arguments with ICBF indexes should focus on the maternal index's weightings, rather than on stars versus no stars, NCBC's Goulding said.