By IrishFarming.ie on Tuesday, July 7, 2009Filed Under: Beef, Livestock, Sheep
Irish minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Brendan Smith has announced a fresh cash injection into the Irish cattle and sheep breeding sector worth €1.08m. Around €880,000 will be invested into the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) and an additional €200,000 will be pumped into Sheep Ireland, which is a newly established association linked with [...]
By IrishFarming.ie on Tuesday, February 17, 2009Filed Under: Beef
IFA National Livestock Committee Chairman Michael Doran said winter finishers are furious with the factories over the way they have attempted to manipulate a pull in quoted beef prices. He said there is no basis or market justification whatsoever for any change in prices.
Michael Doran said cattle finishers were strongly resisting the negative price cutting [...]
