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Beef
Beef Trends: mart closures cause supply issues for next two weeks
Adam Woods
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including the latest factory quotes for finished stock.
1 January 2025 Markets
NI Trends: bright outlook for beef and lamb prices in 2025
Beef and lamb prices start 2025 with plenty of positivity, as processing demand is expected to ramp up in early spring.
1 January 2025 World
Market Digest: stories from around the world
Brief news snippets from China, Mexico, Brazil and the United Kingdom.
Question marks over future milk supply in Britain
The rate of farmers exiting milk production in Britain could increase in the next two years, analysts have suggested.
1 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Brexit off the airwaves but still on the ground
Traders in Ireland and the UK have moved from discussing Brexit to living with it.
24 December 2024 News
Australian sheep exports to Britain just ‘business as usual’
'When there is a lack of supply, when people want to consume sheepmeat in the UK, we want to be able to provide that', Sheep Producers Australia CEO Bonnie Skinner has said.
23 December 2024 News
Surge in sheep exports to Britain
Sheep exported from Northern Ireland to Britain surged during 2024 with the biggest increase in animals shipped to farms before moving to slaughter.
23 December 2024 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
UK farming unions join forces in banner protest against inheritance tax
UK farm organisations are ramping up the #StopTheFamilyFarmTax campaign.
19 December 2024 News
Bovaer part of the methane solution – Whelan
The CEO of Dale Farm, Nick Whelan believes that feed additives are key to cutting farm emissions.
18 December 2024 News
Record beef price gap nears £200/head
The price differential between beef cattle processed in NI and Britain is widening and close to £200 on steers
11 December 2024 Northern Ireland
'Smuggling' of animals into NI against bluetongue rules condemned by UFU
The smuggling of animals has become a serious threat putting Northern Ireland at risk of bringing in bluetongue.
10 December 2024 News