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A new year and a fresh start
Karen McCabe
It’s important to leave 2024 behind you and look forward into the new farming year, writes Karen McCabe.
1 January 2025 Viewpoints
Home Farm: Analysing our dairy beef results
The difference in final price between the best and the worst was a really signifiant €340.
23 December 2024 News
New Mercosur deal tops the agenda of re-elected ICSA leader Seán McNamara
The EU-Mercosur free trade deal is among the key issues the newly re-elected leader of the ICSA will target in his second term.
Commercial beef value does work, ICBF maintains
Factory data from over 60,000 Angus-cross steers from the dairy herd has proved that the commercial beef value (CBV) does work the ICBF diary breeding and genetic conference heard last week.
18 December 2024 News
Editorial: ICBF analysis - CBV does work
Not publishing evaluations for breeders is a big step that could have long lasting impact.
18 December 2024 Viewpoints
Irish Simmental society to pull ICBF evaluations from sale catalogues
Members of the Irish Simmental Cattle Society have taken a vote of no confidence in the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation.
16 December 2024 Pedigree
‘Game-changer’ ICBF mart tracker now live
The ICBF has said the new tracker poses time savings for farmers, as they can tell which animals are being offered for sale before heading for marts.
13 December 2024 News
Suckler cows in freefall as 50,000 gone
Adam Woods analyses the latest data on the falling Irish suckler herd as beef production in Ireland comes under pressure from the Mercosur trade deal.
11 December 2024 Markets
Mercosur deal bursts beef positivity
At a European level the fact is that 200,000t of South American beef is entering the EU already, so this deal means it can now come in at a cheaper entry cost.
11 December 2024 Editorial
Call for independent review of ICBF star ratings
Seamus Nagle, chair of the Pedigree Breeders Council, maintains that pedigree breeders have lost faith in the ICBF stakeholders forum.
11 December 2024 Letters
Record 50k drop in suckler cow numbers
Adam Woods has the latest on suckler numbers and what direction they are headed
11 December 2024 Markets
Letter: technical review into accuracy of ICBF ratings needed
The Pedigree Breeders Council is calling for a fully independent technical review into the accuracy and the impact of the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation star ratings on the national herd.
5 December 2024 Letters