Tag: suckler farming

‘In the pedigree Limousin job, it’s about quality, not quantity’

‘If you break that down to 365 days, it is working out at 90c/kg in the price of a weanling’

380 beef cattle and 300 dairy cattle: 18-year-old student’s love of the land

‘My sheep dogs are my passion; I live and breathe them’

‘There are too many poor-quality cows being bulled for beef in this country…’

‘I was sitting at my laptop until 4am to bid for 5 AI straws off a bull’

‘Beauty and the beef’: Irish Moiled cattle at the heart of couple’s new venture

‘This led to the herd being sold in its entirety’ – pedigree Limousin breeders

‘The day of producing a weanling worth €500-€600 is gone’ – Limousin breeder

Kerry-based 300 head suckler farm aiming to be world class