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Beef
Almost 30% of beef kill comes from controlled finishing units
Darren Carty
The figure is the highest monthly record for the month of February and contributed to almost 28% of throughput in that month
19 March 2025 Markets
Beef Trends: quotes up another 10c to 15c/kg
Adam Woods has the latest on this week's beef trade, including news of another price rise.
5 February 2025 Breeding & health
Lowering finishing age proving a bigger than expected challenge
Paul Smith and Paul Crosson from Teagasc take a look at finishing age trends and how reducing the finishing age will help the beef sector achieve its 2030 emissions reduction targets.
2024 sheep kill fell 10% with sharp decline in December
The CSO puts the decline in 2024's sheep kill at a year-on-year drop of over 300,000 head.
28 January 2025 News
Bord Bia predicts 87,000 fall in 2025 kill numbers
Adam Woods has the latest from the Bord Bia Meat Marketing Seminar in Naas.
17 January 2025 Markets
Record cattle kill confirmed in 2024
A large increase in steer and heifer numbers led to a record NI beef kill in 2024
15 January 2025 Northern Ireland
NI cattle kill surged to record levels in 2024
Official slaughter data shows the annual cattle kill in NI hit new record levels during 2024.
8 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Beef forecasts show increase in NI supplies
Industry forecasts show an increase in the number of beef animals available for slaughter in early 2025
23 December 2024 Northern Ireland
Big cattle kill points to tight 2025 supply
Weekly processing figures for the NI cattle kill reached an 11-month high point in mid-October
30 October 2024 Northern Ireland
5,000 more cattle slaughtered from CFUs in September
Throughput in September was recorded at 35,500 head, an increase of 5,000 on August and 8,000 compared with September 2023.
25 October 2024 Markets
NI cattle kill set for new record high
There has been a marked increase in factory throughput of cattle in 2024
16 October 2024 Northern Ireland