Dairy
The latter end of the grazing season is approaching and moving on cull cows in the herd should be considered
Many herds will be in the latter end of the calving season, and high cell count cows need to be identified as peak milk production arrives.
As we progress into the latter end of the lactation, it is time to look at moving on cull cows, as grass is becoming tighter on...
N.Ireland
For the most part, dairy cows are now housed as weather conditions have made land too wet to graze, so now is the time to move on cull cows.
A no-deal Brexit could be the tipping point that puts a number of livestock marts in Northern Ireland out of business.
Beef
The number of Northern Irish cull cows crossing the border for slaughter in the Republic is up 11%...
The number of Northern Irish cull cows crossing the border for slaughter in the Republic is 10% on 2015 levels.
The has been a massive increase in the number of cull cows coming forward for slaughter in New Zealand.
The numbers of cull cows coming to slaughter in the UK in July of this year has increased by 13.8% on the same period in 2014, according to the AHDB.
The Northern Irish cull cow kill is 46% higher this week than the corresponding week last year with 61% of these being dairy culls, says the LMC.
In the first three months of 2015 cow prices in the EU have started to recover, according to EBLEX.
