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Price rise sees Ireland up heifer league

Ireland advanced to third place out of 17 in the EU’s R3 heifer league for the week ending Jan 20.

Price rise sees Ireland up heifer league

Thu, 07 Feb, 2013 - 00:00

Stephen Cadogan

A price increase from 406.1c/kg in the week ending Dec 23 to 417.6c/kg lifted Ireland from sixth to third place.

Only farmers in Sweden got a bigger farm gate price rise, at 12c, according to official EU price statistics.

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