Beef
Prime cattle supplies tighten in Northern Ireland
The deadweight cattle trade has steadied in Northern Ireland with base quotes rising on the back of tighter supplies, according...
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Beef
Prime cattle supplies tighten in Northern Ireland
The deadweight cattle trade has steadied in Northern Ireland with base quotes rising on the back of tighter supplies, according...
Beef
Northern farmers to tackle meat processors on poor returns
The Ulster Farmers’ Union has begun a series of meetings with meat processors Topping the agenda is concern amongst farmers...
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Store cattle trade booming in the UK
Much like here in Ireland store cattle values in England and Wales have been remarkably firm in the first few...
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Beef kill to date down 4% on 2014
The national beef kill continues to fall with throughput currently some 4% lower since the start of the year compared...
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Strong demand and tight supplies good news for cattle prices
The cattle trade remains strong on the back of continued good demand coupled with tight supplies, according to Bord Bia’s...
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UK prime cattle supplies expected to be tighter over next six months
Prime cattle supplies in the UK are expected to be tighter over next six months according to Quality Meat Scotland...
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'Once a Charolais calf gets up, you know that nothing can beat it for growth rates and weight'
The new Beef Data and Genomics Programme aims to dramatically improve maternal traits in the national herd over the next...
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Gap widens in UK between farmgate and retail price for beef
UK beef producers received a smaller share of the average retail price in May than they did in January of...
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Wire in gut one of the main causes of suckler cow deaths in the UK
Post-mortem results for in the UK shows that wire in the gut is one of the main causes of suckler...
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North/South heifer price gap continues to narrow
Last week the beef heifer price differential between Northern Ireland and the Republic narrowed to 35.5c/kg, the latest Livestock and...
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Tightening finished cattle supplies sees beef kill down 15%
The national beef kill fell 15% last week on the same week last year as the anticipated tightening in Irish...
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'Cattle supplies very tight this week' (kill down 8% last week)
Supplies of finished cattle to beef factories are set to be very tight this week, according to the IFA’s latest...
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Weak euro sees 35% rise in prime cattle moving North
The continued weakness of the value of the euro relative to Sterling has continued to support an increase the number...
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ROI/NI steer price differential narrows to 36.3p/kg
The differential in steer prices in Ireland and Northern Ireland last week was 36.3p/kg (51c/kg), according to the Livestock and...
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Cattle numbers set to tighten in the UK
Latest data coming from the UK suggests that cattle numbers will tighten over the summer mirroring the situation in Ireland....
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New project to examine use of sexed semen on suckler farms
The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) has launched a major new suckler beef research project involving 1000 breeding cattle on...
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China reopens its markets to Brazilian beef
China has lifted a three-year ban on Brazilian beef imports into the country. The Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is on a...
