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Northern Ireland
Hundreds of farmers exit suckler sector
David Wright
Suckler cow numbers in NI had shown signs of stabilising in recent years.
11 December 2024 Markets
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 Northern Ireland
Inheritance tax hits 80% of NI farmland
In a scenario where a farm is split between two individuals to allow APR worth £2m, DAERA found that 24% of NI farms will still be over the limit.
Is Mercosur the final blow for suckler farmers?
The optics of the EU doing a deal that brings South American beef into Europe may be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
11 December 2024 Dealer
€47m SCEP payments are now being issued
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue made the announcement that will affect 14,943 participating farmers.
5 December 2024 News
British beef production forecast to fall by up to 7.5%
AHDB predicts that beef production in Britain will significantly by 2030 compared with 2023 baseline
4 December 2024 News
Teagasc Beef Conference: what carcase weight can clover deliver?
Adam Woods reports from the Teagasc beef conference which took place in Carrick-on-Shannon last week.
27 November 2024 Grass & feeding
Switching to Stabiliser cows at Lisgoole Abbey
Since taking over as farm manager at Lisgoole Abbey, Connor Donaldson has been put his stamp on the 100 cow suckler herd.
20 November 2024 Northern Ireland
Listen: General Election 2024 - the farming issues
The Irish Farmers Journal team debates the main issues that will sway the farming and rural vote in the upcoming general election on Friday 29 November.
20 November 2024 News
ICSA condemns exclusion of farmer-recorded data from ICBF evaluations
The ICSA said that only weight data recorded by ICBF technicians, which accounts for around 10% of total weights collected under SCEP, is used in the calculation of genetic evaluations.
13 November 2024 News
Tullamore Farm: sheep mating progresses as suckler herd weaning completed
Farm manager Shaun Diver gives an update on what’s happening on Tullamore farm, as breeding progresses well in the ewe flock while the last of the beef calves have been weaned.
8 November 2024 Tullamore Farm
Moving from sheep to low input sucklers
Reno and Nic Renison run a low input upland farm in the north of England.
30 October 2024 Northern Ireland