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Meat factories eroding confidence among beef finishers
IFA National Livestock Chairman Henry Burns accused the meat factories of eroding confidence among beef finishers and stymieing any bit...
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Latest sheep and beef slaughtering figures
The beef kill was down slightly again last week on the previous week. Statistics released from the Department of Agriculture...
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UK/NI beef price difference highlighted
The View from Northern Ireland: The Livestock and Meat Commissions (LMC) of Northern Ireland launched a report this morning on Northern...
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Slaney outlines new disease monitoring system
At its beef seminar in Tullow, Co Carlow last night, Wexford-based Slaney Foods outlined to farmers and vets developments in its new disease monitoring scheme....
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Concerns over retention of BVD positive calves
Speaking last night at Slaney Foods’ animal health beef seminar, Frank O’Sullivan of Veterinary Ireland stressed the importance of removing PI...
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124% increase in cattle reported stolen this year
The amount of cattle reported stolen to gardai in 2013 has increased by a massive 124 per cent on 2012 figures....
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Latest beef and sheep slaughtering figures
The beef killwas down slightly last week on the previous week. Statistics released from the Department of Agriculture this afternoon...
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'Steady as she goes for cattle prices'
According to Teagasc forecasts the outlook for 2014 Irish and EU cattle prices is relatively stable with the forecast increase...
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Spirited away: What does the Japanese beef market have to offer?
ICMSA has welcomed the news that Japan is to open up its market to Irish beef imports. “The market was...
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Ireland's suckler herd decline noted
Recent data from the Department of Agriculture’s Animal Identification and Movement (AIM) database has revealed a decline of almost 55,000...
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Singapore opens market to NI beef
The View from Northern Ireland: Singapore has opened its market for receiving exports of beef products from Northern Ireland, it has...
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Latest beef and sheep slaughtering figures
The beef kill was up slightly last week on the previous week. Statistics released from the Department of Agriculture this afternoon show that 32,410...
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Beefing up sustainability
At an event in Brussels today the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) Platform has announced the launch of new principles for...
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Fees payable for slaughtering/live exporting animals
The fees payable to the Department of Agriculture and Bord Bia for the slaughter or live export of animals were outlined...
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Preventing the onset of respiratory problems in housed weanlings
Bought in suckled calves are extremely prone to respiratory problems at this time of the year, brought on by the...
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Economics of weight gain
Previous research at Teagasc Grange on the optimum weanling winter growth rate for steers and heifers destined to return to pasture for a...
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46% drop in young bull kill week year on year
One of the highlights from last week’s beef kill statistics released from the Department of Agriculture is the reduction in the...
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'It’s time to scrap the European classification grid'
COMMENT: Milk producers will always grumble about the price they get for their milk. However, they cannot argue about the...
