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2025 Beef Year: €2500 weanlings, Storm Éowyn, Mercosur, midges and much more

Adam Woods takes a look back at 2025 and how it went for beef farmers.

MARKETS 30 December 2025

2025 Beef Year: €2500 weanlings, Storm Éowyn, Mercosur, midges and much more

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Beef Trends: quotes drop for third week

Beef Trends: quotes drop for third week

MARKETS 17 December 2025

Top five tips on ad-lib feeding

Top five tips on ad-lib feeding

GRASS & FEEDING 27 October 2025

Gurteen seeks unit manager

Gurteen seeks unit manager

Gurteen seeks unit manager

DEALER 22 October 2025

Five tips for ad-lib meal finishing

Five tips for ad-lib meal finishing

Five tips for ad-lib meal finishing

GRASS & FEEDING 20 October 2025

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Signs of stability in beef trade

Signs of stability in beef trade

Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade including what the latest beef quotes are for finished cattle.

MARKETS 25 June 2025

Beef Management: finishing cattle at grass, tetany control and weanlings

Beef Management: finishing cattle at grass, tetany control and weanlings

In this week's beef management notes Adam Woods takes a look at finishing cattle at grass, vaccinating calves and tetany control in sucklers.

MANAGEMENT 25 June 2025

Department plan for reducing cattle slaughter age delayed

Department plan for reducing cattle slaughter age delayed

The Department has not yet published an action plan for reducing the age of cattle at slaughter, which is due under the 2025 Climate Action Plan.

NEWS 25 June 2025

Protected urea and drop in finishing ages will help lower emissions – Teagasc

Protected urea and drop in finishing ages will help lower emissions – Teagasc

It comes after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Provisional Greenhouse Gas Emissions report on Friday, which showed that agricultural emissions dropped by 1.7% in 2024.

NEWS 25 June 2025

Number of cattle mega-finishers rising

Number of cattle mega-finishers rising

Adam Woods takes a look at some exclusive analysis of finisher numbers in this week's Irish Farmers Journal.

MARKETS 25 June 2025

Editorial: smaller finishers use mart option

Editorial: smaller finishers use mart option

Drivers of change – smaller cattle finishers have moved to mart selling

VIEWPOINTS 25 June 2025

The rise of the mega-finisher in Ireland

The rise of the mega-finisher in Ireland

Adam Woods takes a look at the 2024 slaughter figures and how some large herds are dominating the Irish kill.

MARKETS 25 June 2025

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