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No basic payment. No disadvantaged payment. Clearly the right buttons aren’t being pressed

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No basic payment. No disadvantaged payment. Clearly the right buttons aren’t being pressed

I don’t want to frighten or alarm you this week, but I have yet to receive a cent of my Basic Farm Payment or Disadvantaged Payment.

Week of fine weather offers welcome relief from challenges of cattle mart prices

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Week of fine weather offers welcome relief from challenges of cattle mart prices

Breeders frustrated as beef prices stay low despite ‘supply glut’ failing to materialise

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Breeders frustrated as beef prices stay low despite ‘supply glut’ failing to materialise

Cattle marts report: Cattle prices remain steady in a week when thoughts turn to the Ploughing

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Cattle marts report: Cattle prices remain steady in a week when thoughts turn to the Ploughing

Cattle marts: Heavens smile down upon a sunny week for buyers and sellers at busy cattle marts

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Cattle marts: Heavens smile down upon a sunny week for buyers and sellers at busy cattle marts

Cattle marts report: A bad day at the office for some of us, but 500kg animal is still fetching good money

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Cattle marts report: A bad day at the office for some of us, but 500kg animal is still fetching good money

Cattle marts report: National Ploughing Championships next stop for Kanturk weanling champ

Cattle marts report: National Ploughing Championships next stop for Kanturk weanling champ

On Tuesday last if you happened to be at Kanturk mart, you would have found a mart yard packed with jeeps, trailers and trucks, and mart pens full of quality weanling stock.

Thu, 28 Jul, 2016

Cattle marts report: Big spenders pick up some impressive €980 Friesian stores and a €1,570 dry cow

Cattle marts report: Big spenders pick up some impressive €980 Friesian stores and a €1,570 dry cow

The only regret I had in Bandon mart on Monday was that I’d didn’t have my cheque book with me.

Thu, 19 May, 2016

Cattle marts report: Prices and weather showing signs of picking up as focus moves to the fields

Cattle marts report: Prices and weather showing signs of picking up as focus moves to the fields

I find it very hard to believe that you will have any great interest in reading this mart report today.

Thu, 17 Mar, 2016

Beef breeds at up to €500 but calves still an affordable form of mart madness

Beef breeds at up to €500 but calves still an affordable form of mart madness

I went mad altogether with the amount of calves I bought in Bandon on Monday.

Thu, 28 Jan, 2016

Steady as she goes in the mart trade with none of the feared icebergs in sight yet

Steady as she goes in the mart trade with none of the feared icebergs in sight yet

I’m not sure if it was thoughts of a lovely dinner, or of checking out the cattle trade, that had me travelling to Skibbereen mart on Friday.

Thu, 21 Jan, 2016

‘It’s at the factory gate this spring that the mart’s fate for 2016 will be decided’

‘It’s at the factory gate this spring that the mart’s fate for 2016 will be decided’

I spent last weekend piking out calf houses.

Thu, 14 Jan, 2016

Cattle marts report: Seller still in the driver’s seat, despite large entries at marts

Cattle marts report: Seller still in the driver’s seat, despite large entries at marts

I think it’s fair to say that I can now add weather forecasting to my long list of talents, having correctly predicted three weeks ago that the Ploughing Championships in Laois would pass without a shower of rain spoiling the affair.

Thu, 01 Oct, 2015

Busy on the farm, busy at Macroom mart

Busy on the farm, busy at Macroom mart

I went to my local mart in Macroom on Saturday.

Thu, 10 Sep, 2015

Cattle marts report: Cattle numbers hold solid, prices are steady and bargain calves are as rare as hen’s teeth

Cattle marts report: Cattle numbers hold solid, prices are steady and bargain calves are as rare as hen’s teeth

Ever the optimist, I went to Dungarvan mart on Monday in search of a few cheap calves. But alas for me, I arrived too late.

Thu, 23 Jul, 2015

Cattle marts: Small cattle are ‘near untouchable’ and calves fetch some exceptional prices

Cattle marts: Small cattle are ‘near untouchable’ and calves fetch some exceptional prices

As May begins and summer officially gets under way, the farming situation is like this: silage ground cannot be sold, and store cattle cannot be bought.

Thu, 07 May, 2015

Markets: Solid sales at marts are hopefully a sign of better times ahead

Markets: Solid sales at marts are hopefully a sign of better times ahead

Being the plucky fellow I am, I had plans on Monday to head to some faraway mart like Castleisland or Dungarvan.

Thu, 29 Jan, 2015

Dairy farmers paying €400 or more for handy bull calves, to offload surplus milk

Dairy farmers paying €400 or more for handy bull calves, to offload surplus milk

The dry cow trade in the marts at the moment is flying high.

Thu, 15 Jan, 2015

Trade in top spec animals stays steady as marts flourish in face of foul weather

Trade in top spec animals stays steady as marts flourish in face of foul weather

The return to inclement weather over the past week has had little or no detrimental affect on the mart trade.

Thu, 30 Oct, 2014

Cancer group applies to convert former library into support centre

An east Cork cancer support group is to lodge a planning application this week to convert a former library into a treatment and drop-in centre for those affected by the disease.

Mon, 27 Oct, 2014

Farmers can bring their hazardous wastes to ten centres around the country

Ten bring centres for farm hazardous waste will operate across the country in October and November.

Thu, 09 Oct, 2014

Change in weather and dwindling grass bring cattle into the livestock marts

Change in weather and dwindling grass bring cattle into the livestock marts

“You need to see those exporters’ hands waving when your weanling enters the ring,” said ICSA suckler chairman Dermot Kelleher last Saturday in Macroom, as we looked over a pen of weanlings.

Thu, 09 Oct, 2014

Solid demand holds for quality animals, despite the distraction of events elsewhere

Solid demand holds for quality animals, despite the distraction of events elsewhere

Some might question the wisdom of piecing together a mart report on this very eventful week.

Thu, 25 Sep, 2014

Ryan over the moon with Baby Tubs

RTÉ broadcaster Ryan Tubridy has become a “dad” again extending his lineage to support a Co Cork cancer charity.

Mon, 11 Feb, 2013

Weanlings reaching €3/kg

UP to €3/kg is being paid for top quality Belgian Blue weanlings for export as the trade for autumn 2007 builds up at the live sales at the marts around the country.

Sat, 25 Aug, 2007

Quality bullocks’ prices ease

The ‘sky high’ prices that quality bullocks were realising in recent weeks has eased slightly — still making strong prices — but the trade has quietened for the plainer and younger cattle at the mart sales. Heavy heifers are continuing to sell very well.

Wed, 18 Apr, 2007

Improved store cattle trade at mart

THERE is an improved trade for cattle at the marts with the quality animals recovering most of the recent dip in prices as farmers return to the ringsides.

Wed, 31 May, 2006

Improved prices for heifers

Marts: Heifer prices made some gains at the mart sales yesterday with improvements of up to €10/head for both beef and stores, but the trade for plainer bullocks was easier.

Wed, 01 Feb, 2006

Quality weanlings continue strong

Marts: As the weanling trade moved closer to the peak of season, the quality weanlings continued a firm trade yesterday but the trade is down for lighter and plainer animals.

Wed, 14 Sep, 2005

Improved trade at mart bucks trend

Marts: An improved trade for store cattle at Dungarvan Mart reversed the recent trend with prices staging a recovery of €40-€50/head with an increase in the supply of cattle on offer, but neither trends have been reflected around the country.

Wed, 03 Aug, 2005

Supply keeps beef prices steady

IT has been another week of steady trade for beef at the factories with the balance of supply to demand ensuring that prices in general have been maintained at last week’s level.

Thu, 28 Apr, 2005

Bullock supply shows slight drop

The supply of bullocks to the factories showed a slight drop, with the increase in throughput stalling for only the second time in almost three months.

Wed, 01 Sep, 2004

Slight recovery in lamb prices

Marts: Lamb prices at the factories ended the week with the steady tone from mid-week being maintained and returns to producers showing a slight recovery from the opening prices on Monday.

Sat, 07 Aug, 2004

Quality stores maintain good prices

Marts: Quality store cattle continued to sell well in the marts, but plainer animals were an easier trade yesterday.

Wed, 30 Jun, 2004

No sign yet of big price changes

ALTHOUGH supplies of cattle to the factories have increased slightly over the past week, there was no easing of the pressure on factories to maintain prices this week, with some of the processors having to pay slightly more for supplies.

Thu, 27 May, 2004

More than 2,000 cattle at Kilmallock

Marts: Bank holiday mart sales are taking on a new lease of life with bigger entries of cattle and large attendance’s of buyers an indication of the growing numbers of part time livestock farmers taking advantage of the free work day for livestock buying and selling.

Tue, 22 Apr, 2003

Factories put price penalty of 7p/lb on older cattle

PRICES for the older cattle are coming under more pressure as supplies to the factories build up, leading to a cut of up to 7p/lb off the going rate for older stock.

Tue, 05 Nov, 2002

Producers ponder cattle price possibilities

SUPPLIES of cattle to the factories have been a little tighter over the past week, and producers are pondering as to whether they can rely on a possible hardening of prices — but it may still be too soon to call it.

Tue, 27 Aug, 2002

Lack of interest in bullocks and heifers affects morale in trade

IT IS hard to find good news in the dead trade for beef, as pressure on prices at the factories continues this week and producers become more worried over falling returns for beef animals.

Tue, 13 Aug, 2002