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SHARING OPTIONS: Foyle Meats in Donegal is top of the factory league this week, with its quote of €3.80/kg base price for heifers. Foyle Meats in Donegal is top of the factory league this week, with its quote of €3.80/kg base price for heifers. It is also offering a bonus of 10c/kg on carcases killing out between 300kg and 380kg. That means at a base price of €3.80/kg, a 310kg in-spec quality assured (QA) heifer is hitting €4.10/kg. Donegal is also quoting very strong for cows at €3.55/kg for QA R grading cows. The 10c/kg bonus is also avai...

How effective is your winter dosing protocol? 2021-01-17

  The Irish Beef Sector Agreement was signed on 15 September 2019. After months of unrest at factory gates, then Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed convened the group to try to resolve differences through dialogue rather than protests. The agreement had two strands: A number of immediate changes made to quality assurance bonus payment rates, the development of beef market price reporting and the review the Quality Payment Grid. Looking at a number of strategic structural reforms, including a requirement to introduce more transparency and create a long-term plan for the Irish beef industr...

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