Beef
The reduced supply of cattle in recent weeks has been hindering processor attempts to reduce prices...
N.Ireland
The 2025 UK beef production from January to May is 10,000t, or 3%, below the same time period last year, according to AHDB
Dairy
"World-class" UK beef, dairy and lamb produce is being showcased at Gulfood, a food and drink trade...
The national cattle herd in Australia is continuing to grow reaching the highest level in a decade this year at 28.7 million head.
Agri-Business
China has announced that it is imposing a ban on imports of British beef following the confirmation of a single case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in England last month.
Irish beef farmers are now being paid more for R3 heifers than farmers in the UK, recent figures from the European Commission show.
UK beef exports have fallen by 11% in 2015, reports the LMC (Livestock and Meat Commission of Northern Ireland).
Fresh meat sales in Aldi and Lidl in the UK are growing faster that the top four supermarkets there, according to Ed Garner, Kantar Worldpanel.
Irish exports of beef and veal to the UK in May 2015 were back 350t year-on-year after being up on the year earlier, AHDB says.
Retail beef sales in the UK for the 12 weeks ending May 24, 2015 were down 1.4% compared to the same time last year, the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) says.
UK prime cattle slaughterings in May 2015 were down 8% from last year to 143,800 head, a fall of 12,100 head, AHDB says.
Prime cattle supplies in the UK are expected to be tighter over next six months according to Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).
Opinion
British finishers are wincing at the most recent evidence that the UK’s prime beef cattle market is unacceptably volatile.
