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Irish beef exports to China resume after two-year suspension

Irish beef exports to China have resumed for the first time in two years, which has been welcomed by farmers in Ireland. Beef shipments to China were suspended after a case of atypical BSE was confirmed in May 2020. The two types of BSE are ...

05 Jan 2023 at 13:06

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Prices for suckler bred stock must be re-set say ICSA

ICSA Suckler chair Jimmy Cosgrave has said suckler prices will have to be reset to take into account increased costs plus the fact that the average suckler only farmer makes around €9,000 per annum. “Suckler farmers have been hit hard with ...

02 Sept 2023 at 13:00

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Factory beef prices hardening - time to push for more

ICSA Beef chair Edmund Graham has advised farmers that the ball is back in their court and that factory prices are hardening. “This week has seen a marked change with factories actively looking for cattle and quotes have increased by as ...

08 Sept 2023 at 09:00

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Minister announces extension to the closing date for the National Beef Welfare Scheme 2023

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D. has announced that he was extending the closing date for the National Beef Welfare Scheme (NBWS) to midnight on 26 September 2023. This is to allow as many farmers ...

14 Sept 2023 at 11:30

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New Beef Welfare Scheme is a support to service providers, not farmers says IFA

IFA Livestock Chairman Brendan Golden said the National Beef Welfare Scheme announced by the Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue is a support for service providers, not farmers. “This is such a poorly designed scheme. The ...

10 Aug 2023 at 10:00

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Downward pressure on beef prices by factories is unacceptable says IFA

IFA National Livestock Chair Brendan Golden said the continued downward pressure applied by factories on beef prices in recent weeks is unacceptable and must stop. “The latest prime export benchmark price has now opened up a gap ...

31 Aug 2023 at 09:00

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Suckler cow and beef farmer supports must be delivered in Budget 2024 – IFA

IFA National Livestock Vice Chair Declan Hanrahan said direct supports for suckler and beef farmers must be the priority for the Minister for Agriculture in next week’s Budget. He said the National Beef Welfare Scheme announced ...

05 Oct 2023 at 11:00

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Dairy calf to beef system has to incentivise farmers - IFA

Reacting to the draft Action Plan announced by the Minister for Agriculture on supporting Dairy Calf to Beef Systems, IFA Livestock Chairman Declan Hanrahan said the plan lacks the first and most fundamental component, which ...

24 Jan 2024 at 15:00

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Beef exports should feature in Ireland-China talks, says think tank

The head of an Ireland-Asia think tank has said he hopes the ban on beef exports to China will be on the table when Taoiseach Leo Varadkar hosts Chinese premier Li Qiang this week. China’s second most powerful politician ...

15 Jan 2024 at 11:00

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ICSA meets with ICBF on changes to beef breeding indexes

ICSA president Dermot Kelleher has said ICBF must do more to allay farmers’ fears around the introduction of significant changes to Ireland’s beef breeding indexes. “Major changes to both Terminal and Replacement beef ...

15 Nov 2023 at 14:00

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Bord Bia beef price tracker gap unacceptable - Cullinan

IFA President Tim Cullinan said factories must increase their prices to close the gap between prime Irish beef prices and prime export benchmark price as reported by Bord Bia. He said the Irish price is now over ...

02 Nov 2023 at 12:00

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Irish beef exports to China suspended after case of BSE

Irish beef exports to China have been suspended after the detection of a confirmed case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as mad cow disease. The atypical BSE case was detected in a 10....

07 Nov 2023 at 21:11

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