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Beef
In pictures: 1,020kg cow sells for €2,990 in Castlerea Mart
Darren Carty
The trade for quality weanlings was vibrant with live export buyers driving the trade for bulls and pushing prices to upwards of €3.80/kg to €4/kg.
29 January 2025 News
€250/head beef factory price gap
Analysis by the Irish Farmers Journal of weekly prices reported by factories to DAFM shows a big gap between highest and lowest payers across all grades.
29 January 2025 News
First enforce current live transport rules before making new ones - Hansen
The EU Commissioner said that 'black sheep' were causing negativity towards live transport of animals among the public, but that the distance or method of transport was not the most important factor.
Storm damage kills Clare stock bull
The roller doors of the shed buckled and the roof was gone off another shed on Roger Fahy's farm in Clare.
29 January 2025 News
Camera at the Mart: dry cow dream sale in Gortatlea
Dry cow prices resembled weanling prices on a €/kg basis at the recent anniversary sale in Gortatlea Mart, Co Kerry.
28 January 2025 Markets
Friday mart sales rescheduled amid red weather warning
See the marts which have had to reschedule their sale days due to the weather.
23 January 2025 News
Farmer Writes: mistakes made, lessons learned
Padraig Callanan learned an important lesson on safety when carrying out farm building work recently.
22 January 2025 Farmer Writes
History and Charles Haughey's infamous TB eradication call
In 1965 Charlie Haughey announced that Ireland had beaten bovine TB - six decades later the farm sector is still grappling with the disease. We look at the history of the eradication scheme.
22 January 2025 News
Beef continues to set weekly record highs
Prime cattle prices in NI are running more than 60p/kg above the equivalent week in January 2024.
22 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Cork Marts reschedules sale days and times
Corrin Mart and Skibbereen Mart have had to reschedule sale times due to the weather.
22 January 2025 News
Mart managers question 'ludicrous' TB moves
The targeting of cows from herds that have gone clear for TB does not make sense, mart managers claimed.
15 January 2025 News
My Farming Week: Martin Kennedy, Garnafana, Toomevara, Co Tipperary
Meet the father of five who is milking 240 cows in partnership with his parents in north Tipperary.
15 January 2025 News