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Camera at the Mart: over 1,000 Angus-cross calves in Bandon
Tommy Moyles
Traditional beef breed calves accounted for three quarters of the calves on offer in Bandon Mart this week. Supply is holding and prices are too, as demand continues to be strong reports Tommy Moyles.
12 April 2025 News
NCBC 'totally confident' in IP rights for bulls
The move to introduce IP rights on bulls essentially prevents farmers selling bull calves with high EBI to other or foreign AI companies.
11 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Peak nematodirus hatching in NI from 25 March to 3 April
The AFBI warning states that 10% of the hatch on Northern Ireland farms occurred in the second week of March, with peak hatching in the last days of March and first days of April 2025.
Watch: farmer delivers triplet calves on Tipperary farm
The three Angus calves were a nice touch to mark Mother's Day on White's family farm in Mullinahone.
10 April 2025 News
Mart buyers light up calf trade
At a time when the supply of beef calves is increasing and prices usually steady or taper off, the 2025 calf trade is defying norms as prices continue in an upward trajectory reports Tommy Moyles
9 April 2025 News
Calf update: demand for beef-cross calves drives on prices
There's been no let-up in calf price over the last week, with prices up across the board for all the breeds that make up 90% of those sold in marts, reports Tommy Moyles.
9 April 2025 Markets
Camera at the Mart: big numbers, hot prices and plenty of customers in Macroom
There was a full clearance and no shortage of buyers in Macroom Mart for the weekly calf sale on Saturday last, with almost 1,000 calves going through the ring, writes Tommy Moyles.
9 April 2025 Markets
Camera at the Mart: beef calf bonanza in Bandon
This week's calf sale in Bandon Mart was one to remember for all the right reasons, as demand drove prices skywards in a sale that was described as "bananas".
7 April 2025 Markets
Calf prices rise in marts
The constant rise in prices is resulting in more calves being sold at marts this spring at a time when they usually begin to drop off reports Tommy Moyles.
3 April 2025 News
Calf price update: increasing numbers not dampening prices
Calf numbers increased at marts across the country this week and demand is seeing prices largely holding firm or rising for the most part, reports Tommy Moyles.
2 April 2025 Markets
Camera at the Mart: 'these prices are the new norm' - manager
Castleisland Mart rounded out a busier than usual March and one which saw average calf prices reach levels not seen before. Mart manager Neilus McAuliffe believes this is the new normal.
2 April 2025 Markets
My Farming Week: John Crawford, Dowra, Co Leitrim
This week, we spoke to John Crawford about his own farm and his family’s in-calf heifer business, which saw triplet heifers born recently.
2 April 2025 Feature