Beef
Lorry container of beef recovered in Louth following Armagh theft
Investigations are ongoing following the theft of a lorry container of beef carcasses from a premises in Co. Armagh yesterday,...
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Beef
Farmers urged to monitor outwintered livestock
Farmers who choose to outwinter their livestock to reduce housing and feeding costs are being encouraged to monitor their livestock...
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£10,800 Limousin-cross 'Rizzo' leads 2019 Welsh Winter Fair
A Limousin-sired heifer from North Yorkshire took Supreme Champion ‘Rizzo’ at 30th Welsh Winter Fair held at Builth Wells on November...
Agri-Business
Calls for Government to enforce ‘proper' British labelling
Calls have been made for changes to British labelling in light of a BBC documentary highlighting the lower environmental and...
Agri-Business
QMS festive campaign 'beefs up' Christmas
A new campaign from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) is set to reach over a million consumers in Scotland over the...
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427 BVD positive cattle recorded in Northern Ireland in November
As many as 427 BVD positive animals have been retained across 283 Northern Ireland herds, despite mounting pressure to rid farms of...
Agri-Business
NI beef farmers encouraged to negotiate on prices
Beef farmers in Northern Ireland have been urged to negotiate with processors to gain a higher base price as abattoirs...
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FARM SMART: Removing the paperwork on this 260-head finishing unit in Co. Derry
Farming in Dungiven, Co Derry, Derek and Jennifer Glenn run a beef finishing operation on approximately 200ac of land, bringing...
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Rise in liver fluke infections spotted in UK cattle and sheep carcasses
The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) and Control of Cattle Parasites Sustainably (COWS) have warned that liver fluke...
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Finishing cattle off mixed-species grasslands alone in the UK
An organic farmer in the UK has been finishing cattle – at 28 months – off mixed-species grasslands alone, while...
Agri-Business
Antibiotics training to become mandatory for assured NI beef and lamb farmers
Antibiotics training is to become mandatory for Northern Ireland beef and lamb farmers under changes to the region’s Farm Quality...
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Chinese protein deficit presents opportunities for beef – commission
A senior official from the European Commission has said that the losses in the Chinese pig herd from African swine...
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Beef Plan asks for ‘clarity’ from UK’s groceries adjudicator
The Beef Plan Movement is asking for clarity from the UK groceries code adjudicator after comments she made in relation...
Agri-Business
Meat Promotion Wales campaigns sweep up 4 major PR awards
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC), has scooped four major awards at the 2019 CIPR Cymru Wales PRide...
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Sexed semen now accounts for almost 1 in 3 UK inseminations
Sexed semen now accounts for almost one in three inseminations in the UK, according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development...
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UK retailer claims Irish meat is ‘sold at loss’ to price it’s bought for
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine heard from Christine Tacon, the UK’s Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA)...
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Spring-calving warning: Farmers advised to consider delaying weaning
Spring-calving beef farmers in Scotland are advised to consider delaying weaning as a means to burn off excess condition on...
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‘Hypocrisy’: ICSA calls out EAT Lancet funders following airline takeover
Reports that Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia has been bought by a consortium led by Petter Stordalen “exposes complete hypocrisy and...
