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Live exporters drive weanlings to record prices
Adam Woods
Adam Woods has the latest on the 2024 weanling trade a record trade for weanling bulls.
1 January 2025 Markets
Martbids Database: Belgian Blue hits top spot in weanling rings
Adam Woods takes a look back at the 2024 weanling trade and what breed fared best when it came to 2024 prices.
1 January 2025 News
UK set to impose up to 83% tariff on Chinese-built excavators
The Trade Remedies Authority, the UK government trade body, has proposed that a new anti-dumping measure of up to 83.5% be applied to imports of excavators from China to the UK.
Record mart trade for cattle in 2024
Adam Woods has the latest on the 2024 mart trade, including an in depth analysis of the Irish Farmers Journal Martbids database.
23 December 2024 News
Australian sheep exports to Britain just ‘business as usual’
'When there is a lack of supply, when people want to consume sheepmeat in the UK, we want to be able to provide that', Sheep Producers Australia CEO Bonnie Skinner has said.
23 December 2024 News
Martbids Database: Charolais crowned king of the ring in 2024
Adam Woods compares different breeds and how they performed in the bullock and heifer rings in marts in 2024.
23 December 2024 Markets
Editorial: Suckler positivity
Mercosur is obviously the elephant in the room and particularly what economic and social impact it will have on rural areas.
23 December 2024 Viewpoints
Martbids Database: feedlot demand keeps mart trade very firm
Adam Woods reports on this week’s mart trade, including the latest information on live exports.
11 December 2024 Markets
Exporters to prioritise steak cuts to EU
There is no restriction in the Mercosur deal on what type of beef cuts that can be supplied nor requirement for carcase balance.
11 December 2024 News
Sheep mart comment: store trade setting the headlines
Demand for store lambs continues to outstrip supply, with the best-quality stores topping a price of €4/kg in some sales over the last week.
27 November 2024 Markets
Martbids Database: factories fighting for fit cattle
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s mart trade, including what’s happening in the country’s marts this week.
6 November 2024 Markets
Camera at the Mart: 100% clearance at Dingle fat stock sale
A 100% clearance and a roaring trade are always a good combination and that's how things played out in west Kerry for Dingle Mart's 49th annual fatstock show and sale last weekend.
6 November 2024 Markets