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Bord Bia predicts 87,000 fall in 2025 kill numbers
Adam Woods
Adam Woods has the latest from the Bord Bia Meat Marketing Seminar in Naas.
23 December 2024 News
Record mart trade for cattle in 2024
Adam Woods has the latest on the 2024 mart trade, including an in depth analysis of the Irish Farmers Journal Martbids database.
23 December 2024 Markets
Analysis: cattle trade kicks on in 2024
Adam Woods takes a look back at the 2024 cattle trade and what categories of animals saw the most improvement in 2024.
Beef trade ends 2024 on a high
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade in Ireland and abroad.
19 December 2024 Markets
Camera at the Mart: buyers battle it out for Ballyjamesduff bullocks
Adam Woods reports from Ballyjamesduff Mart’s general cattle sale, which took place last Tuesday.
27 November 2024 Markets
Camera at the Mart: heavy bullocks a hot trade in Castlerea
Martin Merrick reports from Castlerea Mart, where forward and heavy bullocks met with insatiable demand from buyers.
13 November 2024 Markets
Beef Trends: quotes creep up again
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s mart trade, including the latest factory quotes for finished animals.
13 November 2024 Markets
Older farmers happy with current Government
Farmers had their say on the current Government’s performance in an Irish Farmers Journal survey conducted between 30 October and 3 November with 1,037 respondents.
6 November 2024 News
€6/kg in sight for beef finishers
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade including some positive news for beef finishers
23 October 2024 News
Keeping concentrate feeding simple
A previews of what’s inside this week’s special concentrate feeding focus.
23 October 2024 Grass & feeding
€400/head beef price gulf
Adam Woods has the latest on a growing gap between Irish and UK beef prices.
9 October 2024 Markets
Mart throughput ramps up
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s mart trade including what’s happening in the country’s marts.
9 October 2024 Markets