Record-high beef prices have failed to shake consumer demand, which stands at its highest in at least 20 years.

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 ...

Beef prices are soaring across the country and it is unlikely it will drop anytime soon. Since of the start of the year, the price of beef increased over eight percent and is currently selling for ...

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 ...

With the large quantities of cattle and high-quality salt, Irish corned beef was the best on the market. It didn’t take long for Ireland to be supplying Europe and the Americas with its wares.

As farmers operating dairy-beef systems are well aware, the purchase price of calves and the beef price received for finished ...

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 ...

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”.

The average beef herd consists of 47 cattle, according to 2022 Agriculture Department data. Large cattle farms — with 100 or more bovines — make up 10.5 percent of all beef operations.