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Dairy
Contraction continues with herd over 280,000 head lower on 1 March
Darren Carty
Numbers have reduced across all categories of livestock from suckler cows to dairy cows and beef cattle and dairy replacements.
16 April 2025 Markets
Beef Trends: factories make move to steady trade
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including the latest beef quotes for finished cattle.
16 April 2025 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: every farm gets a run of bad luck
A super spring and straightforward calving season ran into a stumbling block over the last week for Tommy Moyles' on his farm in west Cork but at least the sun was shining.
Beef prices: factories try to apply pressure to trade
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade and the latest factory quotes for finished cattle.
15 April 2025 Markets
Martbids Database: bullocks see biggest rise this week
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s mart trade, including what’s happening in the country’s marts.
9 April 2025 Markets
Beef Trends: trade remains very strong
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including the latest factory quotes for finished cattle.
9 April 2025 Markets
Beef prices: factories move to manage weekly kill
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including the latest factory quotes for finished cattle.
7 April 2025 Markets
Martbids Database: grass buyers drive the mart trade
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s mart trade, including what’s happening in the country’s marts.
2 April 2025 Markets
My Farming Week: John Crawford, Dowra, Co Leitrim
This week, we spoke to John Crawford about his own farm and his family’s in-calf heifer business, which saw triplet heifers born recently.
2 April 2025 Feature
Small but mighty in suckler heartland
Despite it being a compact holding, Cathal Irwin isn’t letting his small farm size hold him back in terms of performance, writes Martin Merrick.
2 April 2025 Beef breeding
Beef Trends: quotes surge up 30c/kg
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including the latest factory quotes for finished cattle.
2 April 2025 Markets
Beef prices: quotes jump 20c/kg on back of huge demand
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including the latest factory quotes for finished cattle.
31 March 2025 Markets