This week's factory quotes have seen some processors cut their higher price offerings while keeping lower price offerings ...

A big drop in cattle numbers this year plus a second year of reduced sheep numbers will create surplus processing capacity in factories.

As we enter December, factory quotes for heifers and steers seem to be a mixed bag, however the pressure remains evident on ...

The number of cattle processed in the European Union has fallen by 1.577m head in the nine months to the end of September ...

Farmers are finding it hard to accept a situation where their margins are being wiped out by factory prices which are 16p/lb lower than producers in the UK are receiving for similar cattle, with more ...

Farmers have begun a 24-hour blockade on meat factories in a protest at what they claim are low cattle prices. The action, organised by the Irish Farmers Association, is the latest step in a campaign ...

Marts: The supply of cattle to the factories was slightly stronger, but the producers were strongly resisting any attempts by the processors to use this measure as a means of bringing about a ...