Beef prices

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Beef prices unchanged despite supply increase to factories
Beef prices unchanged despite supply increase to factories
Beef prices are unchanged this week, with an increased supply of cattle to factories helping processors to resist farmer demands for improved returns.

Thu, 19 Nov, 2015

Beef supply continues to defy statistical estimates
Beef supply continues to defy statistical estimates
Beef prices remained unchanged at the factories this week, with farmers failing to secure a lift in the market despite tight supplies.

Thu, 29 Oct, 2015

No change in base price of 395 cent/kg for steers
No change in base price of 395 cent/kg for steers
A steady trade for beef at the factories this week has brought an end to the five-week downward slide in prices which gutted returns to beef farmers over the past month.

Thu, 10 Sep, 2015

Beef market report: Beef processors set their sights on €4/kg or less
Beef market report: Beef processors set their sights on €4/kg or less
A drop in the supply of cattle to the factories last week has failed to halt the downward slide in prices being quoted for beef cattle.

Thu, 13 Aug, 2015

Stephen Cadogan: Luck of the Irish has saved us from worst of EU crisis
Stephen Cadogan: Luck of the Irish has saved us from worst of EU crisis
Low milk prices and falling beef price cuts at the factories, and poor harvest prospects, are clouding the outlook for Irish farmers.

Thu, 13 Aug, 2015

Beef market report: Poor grass growth may cut beef supply further
Beef market report: Poor grass growth may cut beef supply further
Beef prices at the factories, and the supply of stock to the plants, are in ‘steady’ mode this week, with very little adjustment from last week.

Thu, 30 Apr, 2015

Markets: Lower kills linked to effect of holidays and weather
Markets: Lower kills linked to effect of holidays and weather
Beef prices are holding stable at factories this week, with good demand reported for cattle, as intake eased for the second consecutive week.

Thu, 16 Apr, 2015

Beef market report: €1/kg price gap to UK leaves farmers unhappy
Beef market report: €1/kg price gap to UK leaves farmers unhappy
Beef prices at the factories have entered a freeze zone, haunting cattle farmers with their worst fears, that little has changed after their very difficult 2014.

Thu, 05 Mar, 2015

Stephen Cadogan: Beef producer organisations would be the game changer
Stephen Cadogan: Beef producer organisations would be the game changer
Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney said last week that a lot of farmers are telling him they can’t buy animals in the marts now, because of the high prices.

Thu, 05 Mar, 2015

Beef farmers and meat factories to work closely on price following talks
Beef farmers and meat factories to work closely on price following talks
Beef farmers and meat factories have agreed to meet on a quarterly basis and to monitor prices via a ‘Beef Pricewatch’ online tool.

Fri, 18 Apr, 2014

Irish farmers need barriers to beef trade in Britain addressed
Irish farmers need barriers to beef trade in Britain addressed

Extra preconditions for Irish beef exports to Britain pose a calamitous situation for Irish livestock farmers, writes Michael Spellman

Thu, 06 Mar, 2014

IFA to protest at factories’ price cuts and spec changes for beef
IFA to protest at factories’ price cuts and spec changes for beef
The IFA plans to hold a protest outside the Department of Agriculture next Tuesday in response to its members’ frustrations over factory beef price cuts and changing specifications.

Fri, 28 Feb, 2014

Coveney urged to hold summit on income crisis affecting bull farmers
Coveney urged to hold summit on income crisis affecting bull farmers
With farmers facing losses of up to €200 per head on bull beef, the IFA wants Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney to host a beef summit with meat factories, the IFA, Bord Bia, and Teagasc.

Fri, 14 Feb, 2014

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