Beef
'What goes on in the ruminant is key to beef profitability'
What goes on in the ruminant is key to profitable beef and dairy production, according to Gerard Keenan. Speaking at...
Beef
Beef
All-island beef label now an option
It has been confirmed that a voluntary beef label has been approved by the North’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development...
Beef
Ulster farmers label meeting with Tesco a “mixed bag”
Following a meeting with representatives from Tesco to discuss a range of issues including: the crisis situation facing Northern Ireland’s...
Beef
Strong demand for New Zealand beef into 2015
Strong demand for New Zealand beef from both the US and China is likely to continue into 2015. Following a...
Beef
UK consumers switching to cheaper beef cuts
There has been strong volume growth in beef in the UK over the last 12 weeks, driven by minced beef according...
Beef
Brazilian meat processors can't get enough cattle
JBS director Jerry O’ Callaghan told ASA conference delegates that the biggest challenges facing his company is that of procuring...
Beef
Dawn says 'spec' changes well flagged to farmers
Dawn Meats’ CEO Niall Browne has told Agriland that his company has never felt the need to question any of...
Agri-Business
Global food prices falling but meat prices continue to rise
While the latest food price index from the UN Food & Agriculture Organisation for August fell for the fifth consecutive...
Beef
Tired of the beef sector? Could contract heifer rearing work for you?
As we are facing into a new era post quota abolition Teagasc says contract rearing will become more widely practised...
Beef
Impact of beef crisis in Northern Ireland highlighted
Ulster Farmers’ Union President Ian Marshall led a delegation of UFU representatives this week to meet with the NI Assembly...
Beef
Impact of beef crisis in Northern Ireland highlighted
Ulster Farmers’ Union President Ian Marshall led a delegation of UFU representatives this week to meet with the NI Assembly...
Beef
Counting farm residencies
Meeting factory specifications at point of slaughter has become increasingly important in recent times with penalties on out of spec...
Beef
Northern beef kill running 6% behind 2013
Prime cattle slaughterings in Northern Ireland during 2014 to date have totalled 209,145 head, according to latest figures from the...
Beef
'Young people will not stay producing beef for nothing'
“Young people will not stay farming. They enjoy it and they would like to do it. But they are not...
Beef
Vet urges vaccination of weanlings against pneumonia attack
Vaccinating weanlings against pneumonia is a non-negotiable part of good management, according to Kinnegad-based veterinary practitioner Joe O’Keeffe. Joe has...
Beef
Autumn management of the suckler herd
Now is the time to pregnancy diagnose spring-calving cows, according to CAFRE, the Northern Ireland agricultural advisory service. It advises...
Beef
Have a planned market outlet for your weanlings
If you want to succeed in any business these days, then a plan is needed. The business of farming is...
Beef
Processors say spec flexibility only for short term
Meat Industry Ireland has said that processors while do recognise that farmers are under pressure and are willing to give...
