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Beef prices steady, with no cuts to quotes this week

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

MARKETS 2 November 2026

Beef prices steady, with no cuts to quotes this week

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Challenges and opportunities of upland farming focus of Teagasc and CAFRE event

Challenges and opportunities of upland farming focus of Teagasc and CAFRE event

NEWS 2 November 2026

Farm Tech Talk: CAP, schemes and livestock trade

Farm Tech Talk: CAP, schemes and livestock trade

NEWS 30 October 2026

Bluetongue cases reach 62 as another county records infection

Bluetongue cases reach 62 as another county records infection

Bluetongue cases reach 62 as another county records infection

NEWS 28 October 2026

Editorial: 100 years of cattle-breeding in Carrick-on-Shannon

Editorial: 100 years of cattle-breeding in Carrick-on-Shannon

Editorial: 100 years of cattle-breeding in Carrick-on-Shannon

VIEWPOINTS 28 October 2026

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MLAs hear opposing views on hunting

MLAs hear opposing views on hunting

Glenwherry-based gamekeeper Merlin Becker described the private members bill from the Alliance Party’s John Blair as “unworkable”.

NORTHERN IRELAND 28 October 2026

New sale record at Tumilty in-calf heifer sale

New sale record at Tumilty in-calf heifer sale

The new sale record was set by a Belgian Blue cross heifer who sold for £15,800.

NORTHERN IRELAND 28 October 2026

ICMSA criticises Minister’s ‘too little, too late’ bluetongue approach

ICMSA criticises Minister’s ‘too little, too late’ bluetongue approach

The ICMSA livestock committee chair was blunt in his criticism of the Minister for Agriculture's approach to bluetongue vaccination.

NEWS 27 October 2026

Watch: €13,500 mark hit twice at Corvalley Classie Lassies in Elphin

Watch: €13,500 mark hit twice at Corvalley Classie Lassies in Elphin

McEnaney livestock presented over 110 heifers for sale, with over 60 of them selling for €5,000 or more. Three heifers sold for five-figure sums.

MARKETS 21 October 2026

Inside the farming life of west Cork's two-time Queen of the Plough

Inside the farming life of west Cork's two-time Queen of the Plough

Ellen Nyhan was crowned Queen of the Plough for the second time at this year's National Ploughing Championsips. She is from a beef farm in West Cork.

NEWS 21 October 2026

Carrick to celebrate major milestone

Carrick to celebrate major milestone

The Midland and Western Livestock Improvement Society celebrates 100 years in operation on Friday, with a centenary show and sale at the showgrounds in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim.

NEWS 21 October 2026

High risk of liver fluke this autumn

High risk of liver fluke this autumn

AFBI have forecast a high risk of liver fluke infection in sheep and cattle.

NORTHERN IRELAND 21 October 2026

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