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Processors slow to move up weight limits for lambs in NI
Processors have been slow to move up weight limits for lambs in Northern Ireland, similar to what has been seen...
Sheep
Processors have been slow to move up weight limits for lambs in Northern Ireland, similar to what has been seen...
Sheep
Procurement managers continue to report light lambs coming through the system. Factories have, throughout the year, noted the increase in...
Beef News
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that current strong market demand has to be reflected in the beef prices...
Sheep
As grass supplies tighten on farms due to the recent dry spell, pressure is mounting. On sheep farms, the dry...
Sheep
Farmers have been urged to be careful when drafting lambs, as kill out percentages have fallen in recent weeks. Despite...
Sheep News
There is no justification in the marketplace for attempts by factories to drop lamb prices. This is according to the...
Sheep News
Prices are steady coming into this week but already, one factory has made moves to put downward pressure on prices...
Sheep
The deduction in prices of heavy hoggets by factories has been implemented by factories since mid-way through January of this...
Beef
Officers from the Carcass Classification Division of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) have conducted 222 inspections...
Agri-Business
Recent figures, up to the end of May, show a further tightening of supplies of lambs coming from Northern Ireland...
Beef
Farmers with “supermarket-suitable” cattle have been advised that there may be value in “shopping around” between factories for best prices....
Sheep
“I’d advise farmers to go to the mart with their heavy lambs instead of the factory for sure.” That’s the...
Beef
There is “no doubt” that factories should be paying more than they are at present for cattle, according to the...
Agri Politics
Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice told Dáil proceedings earlier this week that “it was disgusting” to think that one of the factories...
Sheep
Retailers are charging consumers prices ranging from €8.69/kg to €15.16/kg for the main lamb cuts – while the farmer price...
Sheep
Sheep farmers should not accept the “unrealistic low-quoted prices” offered by the meat factories this week for lamb, according to...
Beef
Competition – or lack thereof – in the beef industry was a key theme for three farming organisations which were...
Agri Politics
Farmers are advised to take photographs of their cattle before they leave the yard by the Irish Cattle and Sheep...