Beef

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  How our kill-out figures confirmed we’re on the right track

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  Dwindling numbers of feeder cattle forcing factories to halt beef price pulls

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  Farmers being priced out of the market for light stores as shippers dominate mart trade

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  How to spot the signs of sunburn in cattle – it’s a problem that’s more than just skin deep

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  What this Tipperary farmer credits for his successful continental store-to-beef farm

  

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  Japan’s beef farmers can get up to €250/kg for the right cattle – but will the Wagyu business survive?

  

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  Serious competition for lighter stock as fears rise of looming heavy store shortage

  

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  Quotes cut again – but gap to Britain and North is closing

  

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  Angus Woods: Why we need more Irish beef products on supermarket shelves

  

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  Cattle supplies to ‘stay tight’; beef prices are holding amid ‘consumer resistance’

  

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  Gerry Giggins: Winter cereal crops are looking promising – but price outlook is less positive

  

• Booming exports and shrinking herds drive continued squeeze on cattle supplies, industry says

  

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  ‘Like a Big Mac every time’ - The 600-head calf system built on precision

  

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  How the booming shipping trade could threaten the future of Irish beef

  

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  Farm orgs hit out as another 10c/kg shaved off beef price

  

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  How this Westmeath family’s resilience saved their agri-store after the sudden death of its founder

  

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  How this 26-year-old is using Tiktok to inspire young cattle breeders of the future

  

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  Robin Talbot: I’ve just found there’s a better option than tyres for covering a silage pit

  

• Our red clover has been hit and miss – but when it works, it’s great

  

• Processors blame 10c/kg beef price cut on falling demand

  

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  Are farmers really better off than they were 40 years ago?

  

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  What falling store numbers could mean for prices in the autumn and beyond

  

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  Eamon O’Connell: Simple fixes to help keep your herd healthy this summer

  

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  Angus Woods: Instead of complaining about factories and big retailers – buy shares in them

  

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  I’m concerned that tighter environmental measures could affect our land use

  

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  How supermarket packaging is shaping beef carcass weights

  

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  Outlook for beef remains positive as scarcity puts a floor in trade – Kepak farm manager

  

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  Finishers flooding marts with beef as ‘trust breaks down’ with factories

  

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  Beef price lifts are on the cards as numbers drop off and demand rises

  

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  Concentrates post-turnout pay for themselves when you see the calves driving on

  

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  How balancing modern practices with tradition helps these Clare breeders get €8,000 for their Shorthorns

  

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  Confidence surges in sucklers after years of ‘doom and gloom’

  

• Factories blame static quotes on low demand – but they are paying big for beef in marts

  

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  13 years down the line, why farmers are still waiting for an end to BVD testing

  

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