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The current situation with the beef market and the outlook for the rest of 2026 will be discussed on the night.
Grants of up to €5,000 for advice about traditional farm houses
Domestic dwellings to be removed from TAMS solar grants
Prices soften as calf numbers remain over 2,400 in Bandon
Cuts to beef quotes continue
Top call of €8,000 for champion bull at Hereford Premier
UK shoppers have increased their spending on beef purchases but it isn't buying as much as it did before.
Beef volumes exported in February increase in Brazil and Australia compared with a year ago, but sheep meat down.
As EU beef exports fall, imports from outside of the EU have increased by over 18%.
Trade difficulties with China and reduced cattle supply alongside strong domestic demand combine to reduce US beef exports in 2025.
Brazil's claim that it would overhaul its affidavit-based system of food safety controls have not progressed as Brussels had thought.
US Supreme Court decision throws Trump’s tariff policy into disarray.
After a prolonged period in 2025 when Irish factories were outperforming the Bord Bia prime export benchmark price, they have now fallen below it.
Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers Conal Moore an agri contractor and tillage framer from Ballygar Co Galway. “We do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.