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Beef trade ends 2024 on a high
Adam Woods
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade in Ireland and abroad.
18 December 2024 News
Progress stalls on age at slaughter reduction
Adam Woods has a look at the most recent slaughter age figures and how progress has stalled in making further reductions.
18 December 2024 Markets
Martbids Database: light weanlings break €4/kg barrier
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s mart trade, including what’s happening in the country’s marts.
Hedging my bets with dairy-bred bullocks
TB has had an impact on my dairy heifer-rearing enterprise, writes Derek Robinson.
18 December 2024 Farmer Writes
Beef Trends: Christmas clears out factory chills
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including the latest factory quotes for finished cattle.
18 December 2024 Markets
Beef Trends: trade steady in last full week of processing
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including the latest quotes for finished cattle.
16 December 2024 Markets
Beef farmers to 'sell hard' as demand outstrips supply
ICSA secretary general Hugh Farrell has said that the factories are in "desperation for numbers".
14 December 2024 News
Martbids Database: feedlot demand keeps mart trade very firm
Adam Woods reports on this week’s mart trade, including the latest information on live exports.
11 December 2024 Markets
Beef Trends: factories still hungry for Christmas beef
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including the latest quotes for factory-finished cattle.
11 December 2024 Markets
Martbids Database: cattle trade hits new highs
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s cattle trade, including what’s happening in the country’s marts.
4 December 2024 Markets
Camera at the Mart: Tralee trade lights up the town
Factory demand for forward cattle was there for all to see at the annual fatstock show and sale in the Kingdom Co-op Mart in Tralee this week.
4 December 2024 Markets
In pictures: Christmas cracker at Keady fatstock sale
There was a superb entry of cattle at the annual fatstock sale in Keady Mart, which were sold in an electric trade. Kieran Mailey reports.
4 December 2024 Northern Ireland