Beef Market Report: The general quote for steers has moved to 465 cents/kg

Payments have started issuing to 17,000 farmers.

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Fast-finishing periods with high-energy diets are more efficient but breed and sex will determine their potential weight gain and carcass characteristics, writes ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy.

Adrian Gallagher is the current vice-chairman of the committee.

Ireland has reached the final stages of establishing the PGI for 'Irish Grass Fed Beef'.

Christmas came early for sellers at the Elite Commercial Haltered Cattle Sale. The sale held at Ballybofey and Stranorlar Co-operative Livestock Mart on Saturday had a whole array Charolais, Limousin and Belgian Blue stock on offer.

The new beef Euro-Star Index list will now be published on Tuesday, November 28.

Autumn-calving suckler and dairy herds will start breeding soon.

The expectation comes with a health warning that it all depends on the balance between supply and demand for stock for the Christmas market orders.

Quoted prices for the lambs have been increased by up to 30-35c/kg at the factories for this week, but there is some variation between the processors.

One lesson I learned from my vet school reunion in Nottingham last week was that despite what we think we are certainly not 22 anymore and my body let me know of this rude truth all too well on Sunday morning.

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The first conference session commences at 5pm and will focus on implementing sustainable technologies on beef farms.

Environmental factors do not seem to be a consideration in seeking markets for our agricultural produce

In Co Cork, 434 holdings had a whole farm stocking rate greater than 220kg of N/ha in 2022, and have at least some land (according to their 2023 BISS application) affected by the reduced Nitrates Derogation stocking rate upper limit in 2024.

The scarcity of well-finished lambs continues to be an issue across the country, which has been worsened by the downpour of rain during October, and its impact on ground conditions on farms.

Early signs of a slight hardening of the beef prices at the factories are emerging in trading this week, but the intake continues on a seasonal high, which is exercising a controlling force on upward movement in returns.

The timeframe for resumption is a matter for the Chinese authorities.

Winter has really settled in on the farm this month. All of the calves were weaned in October using the nose paddles, and they were brilliant.

Buoyant trade saw a top price of €3,900 at the Munster Angus Breeders Autumn Sale, with buyers from as far as Leitrim & KildareTaking place at Kilmallock Mart on Saturday November 4, the event had an overall clearance of 70%, with an average ...

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Time truly flies, it only feels like yesterday that I was boarding the plane to Nottingham as a vet student but now I am about to get that same flight for our 10-year reunion.

Plans to achieve one-fifth of the emissions reductions required in agriculture by tweaking cattle breeding have collided with well-established, market-led trends in the beef industry.

Cutting protein levels in youngstock rations might not be the best way to reduce your feed bill this winter, warns ruminant nutritionist Brian Reidy.