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Irish Charolais Cattle Society gearing up for busy autumn
Adam Woods
Shanon Kinahan speaks about what’s coming up for the rest of 2024 for the Irish Charolais Cattle Society.
11 September 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: resilient suckler farmers
There’s an enormous amount of resilience in suckler farmers (this could also be termed stubbornness) and year after year we do what we can with what we’ve got.
4 September 2024 Markets
Camera at the Mart: light calves in demand in Ennis
Adam Woods reports from Ennis Mart's weekly weanling sale on Tuesday.
Martbids Database: bullock buyers out in force
Adam Woods takes a look at this week’s mart trade, including what’s happening in the country’s marts.
28 August 2024 Markets
Autumn weather woes could add to health issues
Adam Woods previews this week’s special autumn animal health focus.
28 August 2024 Animal Health
Martbids Database: exporters and bull beef finishers battle for numbers
Top-end weanlings are the talk of trade at the minute, as numbers seemingly fail to satisfy demand.
21 August 2024 Markets
Camera at the Mart: Blue heifers up €200/head in Gort
A lightning trade saw Belgian Blue-cross heifers record an average price of over €4.40/kg, with heifers bought by farmers from 23 different counties and 40% destined for export.
21 August 2024 Markets
Marts gearing up for a busy autumn
Adam Woods previews this week’s special marts and animal handling focus.
14 August 2024 Marts
Beef Management: Beef Welfare Scheme queries and buying weanlings
Adam Woods takes a look at some questions that came in this week on the new Beef Welfare Scheme along with looking for value when buying weanlings.
14 August 2024 Management
Camera at the Mart: exporters continue to drive weanling bull trade
Farmers delivered the type of weanling bull exporters were looking for and were rewarded for their efforts in Skibbereen Mart on Friday last, reports Tommy Moyles.
15 July 2024 Markets
Camera at the Mart: big numbers in Ballybay
Adam Woods reports from Friday night’s suckler and weanling sale in Ballybay Mart in Co Monaghan.
15 May 2024 Markets
Camera at the Mart: bulls in demand in Kingscourt
Adam Woods reports from Kingscourt Mart’s weanling and suckler sale, which took place last Saturday.
17 April 2024 Markets