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With numbers continuing to reduce and buyers – many of whom have reached the limit of their quota for grass or their budgets ...
I guess we all lie sometimes – from the most harmless “oh my, what a beautiful baby you have” through to the mundane “I’m ...
Ten more commercial beef farmers have been selected to take part in what has been described as “a ground-breaking” programme ...
Calf numbers at marts are double what they were this time last year, according to the ICBF calf price database. Prices ...
A focus on grazing management, lifting carrying capacity along with using genomics to measure specific traits have provided the Mactaggart family with significant productivity gains in their Central ...
Beef cows sold to 394p, 600kg at £2364 and Friesian cows to 290p, 790kg at £2291. Beef heifers sold to 424p, 700kg at £2968.
In the weanling ring steers and bulls sold from £1100 to £1860 paid for a 429kg Charolais and heifers ranged from £900 to ...
Discover the excitement of Balmoral Show 2025, with top livestock, key agri issues and vibrant connections across Northern Ireland’s biggest ...
A spring full of surprises—from new family arrivals to farming wins and setbacks. It’s been a season of growth, change, and a few close calls.
There were 500 cattle on offer at Kilkenny Mart on Thursday, May 23, with as high as €4.88/kg paid for heavy bullocks at the ...