Beef exports

Irish factory prices fall behind export benchmark

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.

NEWS 20 March 2026

Irish factory prices fall behind export benchmark

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Inside the Farmers Journal: the battle to put beef on Britain's plates

Inside the Farmers Journal: the battle to put beef on Britain's plates

NEWS 19 March 2026

Irish farming must look east

Irish farming must look east

DEALER 18 March 2026

How Ireland dominated UK beef imports

How Ireland dominated UK beef imports

How Ireland dominated UK beef imports

NEWS 18 March 2026

Shoppers are spending more but getting less beef

Shoppers are spending more but getting less beef

Shoppers are spending more but getting less beef

NEWS 13 March 2026

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Growth in southern hemisphere exports

Growth in southern hemisphere exports

Beef volumes exported in February increase in Brazil and Australia compared with a year ago, but sheep meat down.

NEWS 11 February 2026

EU’s capacity to export beef hit by cattle shortage

EU’s capacity to export beef hit by cattle shortage

As EU beef exports fall, imports from outside of the EU have increased by over 18%.

NEWS 11 February 2026

US beef exports down 12% in 2025

US beef exports down 12% in 2025

Trade difficulties with China and reduced cattle supply alongside strong domestic demand combine to reduce US beef exports in 2025.

NEWS 11 February 2026

Brussels confirms damning Brazilian failures on hormone beef controls

Brussels confirms damning Brazilian failures on hormone beef controls

Brazil's claim that it would overhaul its affidavit-based system of food safety controls have not progressed as Brussels had thought.

NEWS 11 February 2026

Good news, bad news on US tariffs

Good news, bad news on US tariffs

US Supreme Court decision throws Trump’s tariff policy into disarray.

NEWS 11 February 2026

Irish factory prices have fallen behind competitors

Irish factory prices have fallen behind competitors

After a prolonged period in 2025 when Irish factories were outperforming the Bord Bia prime export benchmark price, they have now fallen below it.

NEWS 11 February 2026

Australia's terms for EU trade deal

Australia's terms for EU trade deal

Beef and sheepmeat quotas have been the stumbling block in the conclusion of a trade deal between the EU and Australia.

NEWS 11 February 2026

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Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

Conal Moore an agri contractor and tillage framer from Ballygar Co Galway. “We do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.

Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

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