After outperforming the benchmark price for several months, Irish factory prices now lag behind what is being paid to farmers in our main export markets.
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The Government needs to introduce a new fund which will pay farmers and landowners to restore nature, an independent report has recommended.
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Mart managers are reporting that calf numbers are peaking and this increased supply is resulting in an easing of calf prices across the board.
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"Three weeks ago I killed a batch of cattle and then sent another group to the factory last week. In the short space of time between those two drafts the beef price had dropped by around 20c/kg," writes James Strain.
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Democrats in the US senate want to break up the meat-processing structure, which is dominated by large players, but their logic is challenged by the industry.
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Martin Merrick discusses preparing cows for breeding regarding BCS and vaccinations, handling new stock bulls and doing the sums on dairy beef.
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