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Beef finishers need to avoid a repeat winter

A collapse in finished cattle prices during 2026 resulted in big losses for beef finishers.

NORTHERN IRELAND 16 September 2026

Beef finishers need to avoid a repeat winter

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Co-ops' conflicting US butter strategies risk milk price – ICMSA

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Falling weanling prices expected to wipe €5,000 off suckler incomes

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Dairy farm incomes to almost halve amid cost-price squeeze

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Higher cattle prices didn’t hurt Foyle Food Group profits

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Patrick and Valerie Sheehy: building better cows from day one

Achieving average weaning weights of 112kg doesn’t happen by accident. For Patrick and Valerie, it starts with calf management, high-quality nutrition and investing heavily in the first 70 days

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