Slaughtering

Cattle kill for 2026 down almost 4% on 2025 levels

Despite the initial drop in cattle slaughterings, the kill picked up in September, increasing by 9.3% compared with September 2025.

NEWS 27 October 2026

Cattle kill for 2026 down almost 4% on 2025 levels

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Cattle kill decline slows but remains 5.4% behind 2025

Cattle kill decline slows but remains 5.4% behind 2025

NEWS 25 September 2026

Northern View: no change to quotes for prime cattle

Northern View: no change to quotes for prime cattle

NORTHERN IRELAND 26 August 2026

Scottish farm to slaughter 271 cattle after failing inspection

Scottish farm to slaughter 271 cattle after failing inspection

Scottish farm to slaughter 271 cattle after failing inspection

NEWS 4 June 2026

Beef Management: marketing slaughter-fit cattle and autumn-born weanlings

Beef Management: marketing slaughter-fit cattle and autumn-born weanlings

Beef Management: marketing slaughter-fit cattle and autumn-born weanlings

MANAGEMENT 3 June 2026

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Cattle kill down 15% in 2026

Cattle kill down 15% in 2026

This represents a drop in throughput of about 73,000 cattle between January and March 2026 compared with the same period in 2025.

NEWS 28 April 2026

Editorial: processor reviews a concern

Editorial: processor reviews a concern

We are just six weeks into the new year and three different consultations or reviews of operations are underway.

VIEWPOINTS 18 February 2026

Beef processors react to fewer cattle

Beef processors react to fewer cattle

ABP and Kepak are in consultation with workers to streamline the deboning and further processing part of their business

NEWS 18 February 2026

10m extra cattle slaughtered in Mercosur countries in last four years

10m extra cattle slaughtered in Mercosur countries in last four years

Adam Woods has the latest on a big increase in the cattle supply from Mercosur countries.

MARKETS 21 January 2026

Further reductions in cattle kill expected in 2026

Further reductions in cattle kill expected in 2026

Adam Woods reports from the Bord Bia meat marketing seminar taking place in Co. Laois.

MARKETS 21 January 2026

Watch: global beef production declining but consumption growing

Watch: global beef production declining but consumption growing

Adam Woods reports from the Bord Bia meat market seminar in Laois.

NEWS 16 January 2026

Is Kepak kick-starting beef restructuring?

Is Kepak kick-starting beef restructuring?

With with the overall kill falling by around 210,000 head in 2025, are further changes likely in beef slaughtering and processing.

DEALER 14 January 2026

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Too much, too little – can science help farms with Ireland’s changing weather?

As Ireland celebrates Science Week from 8 to 15 November, coordinated by Research Ireland, the theme 'Water: from molecule to ocean' looks at how climate change alters the water systems we rely upon.

Too much, too little – can science help farms with Ireland’s changing weather?

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