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Beef
Mart prices: Angus-cross bull calves up €10/head in Kilkenny
Matthew Halpin
Matthew Halpin reports on calf prices from Tuesday’s calf offering in Kilkenny Mart. This report is powered by MartBids.
27 April 2020 Markets
Mart prices: dairy-beef breeds account for 55% of bull calves sold last week
Matthew Halpin reports on calf prices over the last seven days. This report is powered by MartBids.
23 April 2020 Markets
Mart prices: light dairy-beef heifers average €1.92/kg in Fermoy
Matthew Halpin reports on cattle prices from Corrin Mart, Fermoy, Co Cork on Thursday.
Have a good silage strategy this summer
As the silage season approaches, Matthew Halpin takes a look the key objectives for making good silage this summer.
22 April 2020 News
Way Out West: ‘The sucklers tie-in very well with part-time work’
Father-and-son pair Gerard and John Dullea are farming suckler cows on a part-time basis in Courtmacsherry Bay, Co Cork.
22 April 2020 Management
Grass+: growth rate climbing at varying speed
Stephen Connolly and Matthew Halpin look at the grass and grazing situation on dairy and beef farms, countrywide.
22 April 2020 Grass & feeding
In pictures: classy sucklers in Courtmacsherry Bay
Take a look at a selection of pictures of the Dullea suckler herd in Courtmacsherry Bay in Co Cork.
22 April 2020 Management
Mart prices: Friesian bull calves average €88 in Kilkenny
Matthew Halpin reports on calf prices from Tuesday’s calf offering in Kilkenny Mart. This report is powered by MartBids.
21 April 2020 Markets
Mart prices: over 1,000 calves traded in MartBids marts last week
Matthew Halpin reports on calf prices over the last seven days. This report is powered by MartBids.
20 April 2020 Markets
Sucklers: is synchronising an option for breeding this spring?
Matthew Halpin looks at what is involved in synchronising suckler cows this breeding season.
19 April 2020 Breeding & health
‘If you can’t make money on a good one, you won’t make it on a bad one’
Mayo beef farmer Tommy Holmes spoke to Matthew Halpin about store-to-beef farming and the importance of the suckler cow.
15 April 2020 Markets
Mart prices: Carnaross Mart sells 270 weanlings online
Matthew Halpin reports on Tuesday’s online weanling sale in Carnaross Mart, Co Meath.
15 April 2020 Markets