The mart trade across Ireland is finishing 2019 on a high. Average bullock prices remain better than this time last year, with only the 600kg+ animal failing to beat last December's average.
Just imagine, it's 2030 and Irish beef has a carbon footprint of zero, with the national dairy herd expanded to 1.7m cows.
KERRY Group shares fell 3pc yesterday as the market reacted to news that the Irish food giant had lost out to a $26.2bn (€23.5bn) rival bid for DuPont's nutrition division.
The chairperson of the Emerald Isle Producers' Group (EIPG), Eamon Corley, says there has been no cooperation to date between his group and the second producers' group formed by other members of the Beef Plan Movement.
Has the time come for the farmer levy to Bord Bia to be scrapped?
Will Paddy Power be paying out this evening on the much-publicised IFA presidential gamble?
Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has offered some hope to agri contractors in their battle over the carbon tax hike.
