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Beef
Beef Trends: quotes up again
Adam Woods
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including news of quotes increasing again this week.
20 November 2024 Markets
Camera at the Mart: butchers out in force at Swatragh fatstock sale
Shaun Diver reports from Swatragh Mart's annual Christmas fatstock show and sale of cattle and sheep which took place last weekend.
20 November 2024 News
Asba Meats delayed payments to other farmers
The Irish Farmers Journal carried a number of stories this year regarding delayed payments by Asba Meats for livestock.
Bullocks to £3,650 at Markethill Christmas sale
The Christmas show and sale saw prices reaching a top price of £3,650 in Markethill Mart
20 November 2024 Northern Ireland
Beef Management: autumn bulls, frost tips and last date for suckler roadshow
This week beef editor Adam Woods takes a look at autumn bull management, feeding weanlings, dealing with frost on beef farms and previews next week's IFJ suckler mart event in Kerry.
20 November 2024 Management
Red Tractor comes out top in assurance schemes
Farmers in the UK have to meet the highest standards in farm assurance schemes.
20 November 2024 Northern Ireland
AI and farming: what does the future hold?
David Leydon, head of Food & AgriBusiness with ifac and Agtech Ireland explores what the rise of artificial intelligence means for farming.
14 November 2024 Agri Technology
Houses and yards add thousands to tax bills
Initial analysis by DAERA found that 36% of NI farms could be impacted by a new £1m limit on agricultural property relief for inheritance tax.
13 November 2024 Northern Ireland
Irvine wants ‘massive crowd’ at UFU rally
The UFU president is also urging people to sign an online petition to “overturn the family farm tax”
13 November 2024 Northern Ireland
Difficult to translate low-carbon grain into financial return
Barry Larkin of Acorn Independent Merchants said rewarding grain growers for top-quality grain with a low carbon footprint is not an easy nut to crack.
13 November 2024 News
Dairy, beef and dual-purpose donkeys
How the Konrad family make mixed farming work in the worlds sixth smallest country.
13 November 2024 Feature
Factor late housing into fluke treatments this winter
On farms that are housing cattle later than normal, this should be factored in to your choice of fluke product and when animals will be dosed.
12 November 2024 Management