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The best-paying animal on your beef farm may be the one you get a local butcher to prepare for your freezer.

There has never been a traditional veal processing industry in this country, Bord Bia said.

This year, there's a whole suite of new schemes, applications systems, monitoring systems, validation and processing systems, and payment systems.

The first walk takes place on March 29 in Co Cork.

The SCEP was an "important first step" in supporting suckler farmers - but must now be built on with the announcement of a BEEP-S replacement, the IFA said.

Bord Bia chief executive said that he is "hopeful we are out of the worst of it at the moment" when it comes to fallen lamb prices.

While the processors continue to hold a firm rein on upward movement in prices for stock, the demand for cattle to supply the market is forcing them to ease their grip.

Suppliers of hoggets to the factories are benefiting from a further increase of up to 20 cents/kg for their supplies for this week as the increased market demand drives the trade forward.

The ICSA's meeting is taking place at the Bush Hotel, Carrick-on-Shannon.

The two suckler and beef support schemes worth €265m have opened for applications on Monday.

What is the Johne’s disease risks for a newborn calf?From the moment a calf is born, good hygiene practices are essential to minimise the exposure to dung and therefore, reduce the risk of infection.

Dairy and suckler herds will be hoping to turn out weanlings to grass as soon as possible - some out of necessity due to an ever-dwindling reserve of fodder.

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This March is certainly living up to the saying “March of many weathers”, and I am hoping at some point we eventually meet the lamb from the old Almanac saying “in like a lion out like a lamb”.

After three weeks of the factories threatening to pull back beef prices, the 'steady and firm trade' this week shows that producers are regaining control.

"However, the pathway is much clearer and the profitability potential in sheep milk farming has made people be more proactive."

Amid the "income crisis" sheep farmers are currently experiencing, they are continuing to suffer the impact of the collapsed wool market.

All sheep farmers are invited to go along to the event and have their say on the current state of the sheep sector.

Your weekly reminder of the things that should be at the top of your farm to-do list. Published every Monday on the Irish Examiner digital Farming hub.

The "crisis" can only be alleviated by immediate direct supports from Government, the Irish Farmers' Association has said.

Beef finishers have been urged to "shop around" for prices by both the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association and Irish Farmers' Association.

The threat to suppliers of cutting the prices for finished cattle continues to be voiced by the processors this week as a means of cooling the pressure for higher returns which they are strongly resisting.

There have been a lot of cloudy skies hanging over the trade in 2023, and a little sunshine will work wonders in lifting the spirits of farmers producing lambs, writes Martin Ryan.

The IFA will spell out its demands when it appears before the joint Oireachtas committee on agriculture on Wednesday