1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (866+ words) Irish cattle prices have come under renewed pressure in recent weeks, widening the gap with Great Britain (GB). A new report shows that the steer differential reached 66p/kg in the final week of August. According to the UK's Agriculture and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (317+ words) Herd keepers in Northern Ireland will be able to identify newborn cattle using approved electronic identification (EID) ear tags from next week. The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced that this will be introduced from September…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago   (356+ words) With rain beginning to fall following a prolonged period of dry weather, the risk of lungworm is back on the table. You will often see lungworm start off with one or two animals struggling to catch their breath or coughing,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (955+ words) Farmgate and retail beef prices are linked - but falls in farmgate prices can take time to appear on supermarket shelves. Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) trainee analyst Sebastian Abbott has looked at how cattle carcass prices affect supermarket prices,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (594+ words) Global beef production is expected to decline by 2% in 2026 as supplies tighten across several major producing regions, according to Rabobank's latest's quarterly global beef report. Rabobank said production is currently forecast to decline across key markets, including Europe, the US,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (519+ words) A number of high profile Aberdeen-Angus breeders have decided to re-introduce older bloodlines within their herds. This source of genetics previously helped develop the core attributes of the bred. A case in point is the commitment of the Wallace family,…...

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (542+ words) Recent months have seen average sale prices for pedigree beef and dairy cattle continue to strengthen in the UK. This is according to Grant Anderson, head of livestock sales with Carlisle-based auctioneers Harrison and Hetherington. He explained: “This has been…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (363+ words) The risk of sheep scab increases with the movement of sheep between farms and livestock marts, the Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) is reminding farmers. Sheep scab is a notifiable disease in Northern Ireland, meaning cases must be reported to the…...