Beef

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  Big yields, strong calves and a lasting legacy at Newford Farm

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  Number of cattle killed in past two weeks nose-dives

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  ‘Traditionally, you’d have only ever seen €3,000+ in pedigree sales for the likes of Michael O’Leary, now there’s Jersey-crosses making it’

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  Declining numbers force factories to raise quotes

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  ‘Beef shortage won’t end any time soon’

  

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  UK consumers spending more on beef, but buying less meat overall

  

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  The real reason calf treatments sometimes don’t seem to work

  

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  Why native cereals are the best option for your cattle when grass is scarce

  

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  Beef prices set to rise as factories scramble to source supplies

  

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  Store prices rise 20-40c/kg as buyers shrug off talk of further factory cuts

  

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  Banagher meat plant saga shows our planning system is broken

  

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  Only a sharp rise in food prices will force bureaucrats to pay a proper wage to farmers

  

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  ‘The mart was my first love’ – how this Cavan woman is thriving in the male-dominated world of livestock auctioneering

  

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  Why this Meath farmer breeds bulls for the bottom line, not the show ring

  

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  Why we are planting a kilometre of native hedging on our farm

  

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  How this young Limerick farmer is honouring her father’s memory by keeping family traditions alive

  

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  British farmers cry foul over ‘Big Four’ supermarkets’ sale of Aussie and Kiwi meat

  

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  US ranchers finally moving to increase cattle supplies, JBS says

  

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  Shoppers warned days of cheap food over as families pay an extra €3,000 a year for groceries

  

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  Help us find out if worm doses are actually working on your cattle

  

• Live weighing of cattle in beef factories ‘brushed under carpet’

  

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  How this Kiwi met a Mayo man in Australia and is now shaping cattle breeding in the west of Ireland

  

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  Many farmers forced to buy weanlings as feedlots price them out of the market for stores

  

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  Why farmers should soon be able to reverse factory cuts

  

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  Following sensible procedures when buying new cattle is the best way to prevent disease

  

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  How our kill-out figures confirmed we’re on the right track

  

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  Dwindling numbers of feeder cattle forcing factories to halt beef price pulls

  

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  Farmers being priced out of the market for light stores as shippers dominate mart trade

  

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  How to spot the signs of sunburn in cattle – it’s a problem that’s more than just skin deep

  

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  What this Tipperary farmer credits for his successful continental store-to-beef farm

  

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  Japan’s beef farmers can get up to €250/kg for the right cattle – but will the Wagyu business survive?

  

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  Serious competition for lighter stock as fears rise of looming heavy store shortage

  

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  Quotes cut again – but gap to Britain and North is closing

  

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  Angus Woods: Why we need more Irish beef products on supermarket shelves

  

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