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Beef
Camera at the Mart: electric suckler sale in southwest
Tommy Moyles
Over half the lots on offer at a recent suckler show and sale in Gortatlea sold for in excess of €2,000.
11 September 2024 Breeding & health
Scope for Salers in Suckler systems
Adam Woods speaks to Seamus Nagle about the Salers breed and what it can add to suckler systems.
11 September 2024 Northern Ireland
Impressed by farming in the Orkney Islands
Fermanagh farmer John Egerton spent last weekend visiting the Orkney Islands in Scotland.
In pictures: Castleisland fat stock show and sale
Castleisland Mart had a successful fat stock show and sale during the week with a full yard of fantastic stock on offer.
11 September 2024 Markets
Camera at the Mart: solid trade all round in Kanturk
Trade was solid for both dairy and suckler weanlings at Kanturk Mart for its combined autumn- and spring-born weanling show and sale on Tuesday last.
11 September 2024 Markets
In pictures: Castleisland fat stock show and sale
Castleisland Mart had a successful fat stock show and sale during the week with a full yard of fantastic stock on offer.
7 September 2024 Markets
Letter re star ratings for older cows
"Why are old cows disadvantaged in star rating?" - Anne Dunphy, Tintean, Ballinlough, Kill, Co Waterford
28 August 2024 Letters
Uplift in fat cattle prices in the UK
Prices across the water are now over 30p/kg above the same week last year at close to 500p/kg.
28 August 2024 Viewpoints
Playing the hand that you're dealt
Adapting to weather and land fragmentation are common obstacles that suckler farmers living in south Kerry have to overcome
28 August 2024 Breeding & health
Super demand for weanling bulls in Kenmare
There was no shortage of demand for quality weanling bulls in Kenmare Mart at its weanling show and sale on Thursday last.
26 August 2024 Markets
South Kerry suckler farmers have their say
Tommy Moyles recently met a number of younger suckler farmers in south Kerry. Over the next two weeks, we will hear their views on the challenges and opportunities for the sector in the area.
21 August 2024 Breeding & health
ICSA calls for increased suckler support in Budget 2025
The ICSA feel the first way to stop this decrease is to allocate greater funding to the suckler sector in Budget 2025 through a revamped Beef Welfare Scheme.
16 August 2024 News