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ICSA wants payment limit in Beef Welfare Scheme upped to 100 calves
Noel Bardon
Increasing the payment limit would better support full-time suckler farmers, according to the ICSA.
16 April 2025 Markets
Camera at the Mart: a spring like no other for Carlow Mart
There was close to 400 calves on offer in Carlow Mart this week and trade has been on fire, much like it has all spring.
16 April 2025 Markets
Camera at the Mart: demand drives all prices in Kanturk
After weather hindered early sales at the north cork venue, Kanturk Mart has experienced a super spring, with trade on fire across all types of stock, reports Tommy Moyles.
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Farmers to be paid for slurry as ‘biogas creamery’ unveiled
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Kerry milk price falls for March supplies
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Camera at the Mart: a spring like no other for Carlow Mart
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Watch: cull cows hit €4.52/kg in Kilkenny
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No let up in calf prices as supply begins to slip
Northern View: factories look for some control on trade
Short weeks thanks to the Easter holidays has taken some of the heat out of the NI beef trade.
16 April 2025 Northern Ireland
News round-up from Northern Ireland
Weekly round-up of news from the farming industry in Northern Ireland.
16 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Top beef claimant gets over £230,000
There is no upper limit applied to the Beef Carbon Reduction scheme in NI
16 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Plans scuppered in another busy spring
Fermanagh farmer John Egerton had hoped he might be able to avoid the lambing shed this spring
16 April 2025 Farmer Writes
Letter from a farmer with a lifetime of dry stock farming experience
"After a very long life in dry stock farming, in my wildest dreams I could never imagine what cattle are making today. Long may it last." - Frank Mockler, Thurles, Co Tipperary.
16 April 2025 Letters
Action plan on way for reducing age at slaughter
The Climate Action Plan targets an average slaughter age of 24 to 25 months for prime cattle by 2025.
15 April 2025 Climate and environment
Northern Ireland TB eradication blueprint published
Consisting of a broad range of industry, veterinary and wildlife stakeholders, the TB Partnership Steering Group (TBPSG) was established in January 2025.
15 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Beef grid return an ‘attempt to manipulate prices’ by processors – ICSA
The association said this move is to try to “flush out” beef numbers during the shortened working weeks until the May bank holiday.
15 April 2025 News
Beef prices: factories try to apply pressure to trade
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade and the latest factory quotes for finished cattle.
15 April 2025 Markets