Beef
Live export recovery driven by Northern Irish demand
Live exports are currently running some 31,789 head behind the comparable period in 2019, Bord Bia figures show. While this...
Beef
Agri-Business
‘Business case approved’ for new AFBI beef unit
A new beef unit for Northern Ireland’s Agri Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) is now a step closer. The region’s...
Agri-Business
Research: Covid-19 can potentially spread over 8m in meat processing facilities
Research based on the outbreak of Covid-19 at the Tonnies meat processing facility in Germany has suggested that Covid-19 can...
Agri-Business
AFBI withdraws beef units from specialist research licence
Northern Ireland’s agricultural research institute has withdrawn its beef unit in Hillsborough, Co. Down from its licence for specialist animal research....
Beef
New evidence ‘appears to link’ Brazilian meat giant to Amazon deforestation
New evidence has reportedly emerged that appears to connect JBS – described as the world’s biggest meat company – with...
Agri-Business
New European Roundtable for Beef Sustainability chairman announced
Europe’s largest multi-stakeholder group for beef sustainability has appointed OSI Europe’s operations director and head of sustainability, Claire Donoghue as...
Agri-Business
Search is on to find Scots ‘Make it’ ambassadors
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) chairman Kate Rowell, is encouraging farmers, butchers, auctioneers, hauliers, processors, chefs and red meat industry professionals...
Agri-Business
New guide to identify opportunities to improve grass utilisation
A new guide hopes to help livestock farmers seeking to improve their profitability through better grazing management, by explaining the...
Agri-Business
Sommet de l’Elevage livestock show will ‘go ahead as planned’ in October
A well-known livestock show in France – Sommet de l’Elevage – has apparently been given the “green light” to go...
Beef
Should I offer meal to my spring-born calves?
As we move through 2020, most spring-calving suckler herds will be looking to sell this year’s calf crop at sales...
Agri-Business
Welsh red meat exports up by £13 million in 2019
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) has launched the latest edition of its ‘Little Book of Meat Facts’,...
Agri-Business
Dawn Meats to take full control of Dunbia
Dawn Meats will take full control of the Dunbia business that was jointly established in 2017 after a merger of...
Agri-Business
Global fall in co-product demand knocks domestic farm-gate prices
Low prices for skins and hides internationally due to changes in fashion and consumer spending are having a knock-on effect...
Rural Life
New breed secretary appointed at the British Limousin Cattle Society
The British Limousin Society has appointed former agri-business man Will Ketley as its new breed secretary. The society said Ketley’s...
Beef
Analyst compares impact of Covid-19 on beef markets around the globe
While the Covid-19 outbreak has been a global pandemic, it has had very different impacts across the global beef market,...
Agri-Business
Chancellor’s 'Eat Out to Help Out' scheme offers hope of red meat sales boost
Farming and rural bodies say they are hopeful unprecedented measures announced this week by Chancellor Rishi Sunak to kickstart the...
Beef
EU predicts drop in meat consumption for 2020
The European Commission is predicting a fall in meat consumption for 2020, due to changes in consumer demand during the...
Beef
Study: Climate impact of grass-fed cattle herds ‘may be overestimated’
Direct emissions of a powerful greenhouse gas from certain pasture types are lower than previously thought – meaning the climate...
