Adam Woods takes a look at the slurry opening dates, calf purchase and previews next week's spring suckler demo.

Beef prices have broken records this week, with quotes of as high as €6.45/kg being paid for in-spec Aberdeen Angus heifers ...

Grass on the farm has taken off following this wet weather. We started December slightly behind on grass, with warm and windy ...

The beef trade has seen further increases in factory prices this week, as well as the live trade, while hoggets are also ...

Increased sheep and suckler payments, a farm retirement scheme and a red line stance on Mercosur are among commitments made ...

We’ll set out what’s in the programme for government from a farming perspective and talk to the new political leaders on what ...

Suckler calf birth registrations during 2024 plummeted by 16.5% year-on-year to and reached their lowest annual figure for ...

Elphin Mart held its first sale of 2025 last Friday night, with a special sale of over 100 in-calf heifers for Roscommon ...

Devenish, the Northern Ireland-based animal nutrition company, made a profit before tax of £21.8m (€26m) in the 12 months to ...

Becoming a staple in the January Texel sales calendar is the Ballymena Babes. With a select number of breeders from across ...

The two ICM plants moved to €5/kg last week and Kildare Chilling has followed suit this week, lifting quotes to €5/kg and ...

The market for cull ewes has been booming in the last week to 10 days, but, in contrast, in-lamb ewes are meeting a ...