Irish beef

Editorial: beef information meeting

This important meeting will outline key market information, including a market outlook for the rest of 2026.

VIEWPOINTS 25 March 2026

Editorial: beef information meeting

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Dempsey at Large: solutions needed for beef finishers

Dempsey at Large: solutions needed for beef finishers

VIEWPOINTS 25 March 2026

Editorial: trade deals finalised

Editorial: trade deals finalised

VIEWPOINTS 25 March 2026

Irish Farmers Journal beef markets information meeting to take place next week

Irish Farmers Journal beef markets information meeting to take place next week

Irish Farmers Journal beef markets information meeting to take place next week

NEWS 24 March 2026

New ICSA beef chair slams factories following price plunge

New ICSA beef chair slams factories following price plunge

New ICSA beef chair slams factories following price plunge

NEWS 20 March 2026

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Dempsey at Large: questions as we drop below Poland

Dempsey at Large: questions as we drop below Poland

Does the competition and consumer protection body need to dust down its files on how to investigate suspected collusion and price fixing among processors?

VIEWPOINTS 20 February 2026

Dempsey at Large: the Goodman story

Dempsey at Large: the Goodman story

The Goodman story - it is ironic that his Polish beef suppliers are now paid more than his Irish ones, according to the latest Bord Bia market intelligence bulletin.

VIEWPOINTS 20 February 2026

Opinion: beef industry has come a long way

Opinion: beef industry has come a long way

Ireland in the 1980s has been described as a different country and the same could be said about the beef industry.

NEWS 20 February 2026

A reeling in the years of business and politics with Larry Goodman

A reeling in the years of business and politics with Larry Goodman

How Larry Goodman built his beef processing business is revisited in RTE documentary through a combination of historical images and present day analysis.

NEWS 20 February 2026

Cattle kill falls over 18% year on year

Cattle kill falls over 18% year on year

The 18% drop represents a decrease of over 30,000 cattle, new CSO data shows.

NEWS 20 February 2026

Irish share of UK beef imports fell in 2025

Irish share of UK beef imports fell in 2025

The Irish share of UK beef imports fell sharply in 2025 and the decline gathered pace as the year progressed.

NEWS 20 February 2026

Irish share of UK beef imports falls below 60%

Irish share of UK beef imports falls below 60%

Latter part of 2025 shows a switch in supply of UK beef imports to southern hemisphere countries as production fell in Europe

NEWS 20 February 2026

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BVD – the silent risk that still remains

Irish farmers have made remarkable progress in the fight against bovine viral diarrhoea. Since 2013, the number of persistently infected calves has fallen from over 16,000 to 485 in 2024.

BVD – the silent risk that still remains

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