The cattle that become the grass-fed beef that we import from more temperate climates, such as Australia, New Zealand and Uruguay, can be fed completely on grass, but Irish beef generally can’t ...

The English Cattle Acts of 1663 and 1667 fueled the Irish corned beef industry. The acts prohibited the export of live cattle to England, which then flooded the Irish market and lowered the cost ...

Sam Scriven, a statistician in the CSO’s agriculture division, noted that despite the increase year-on-year, output prices ...

With demand for Irish beef soaring and cattle numbers tight, farmers are being urged to reject substandard factory quotes ...

The Irish Beef Sector Agreement, which followed the 2019 beef protests, states that “lairage weighing services will be provided on request, which may incur a nominal charge”.

There was more bad news for the beef industry yesterday. It was learned that live cattle exporters were no longer purchasing animals for the lucrative trade in Lebanon because French shippers were ...