Beef
The Irish suckler cow population is showing signs of stabilising, with numbers declining by just over 3,000 head or 0.5% in 2025.
The 2026 factory cattle supply is forecast to remain at a similar level as 2025, which saw supplies...
ABP Food Group's managing director for Ireland, Kevin Cahill has said that sufficient numbers of...
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The Irish suckler cow population is showing signs of stabilising, with numbers declining by just...
Pig/Poultry
The Bord Bia Meat Marketing Seminar had heard that consumers are increasingly 'trading down' to poultry due to record high beef prices.
Concerns for Irish pigmeat were outlined today (Friday, January 16) at the Bord Bia Meat Marketing...
Concerns for Irish pigmeat were outlined today (Friday, January 16) at the Bord Bia Meat Marketing Seminar.
The Bord Bia Meat Marketing Seminar has heard that the EU needs beef from Mercosur countries to...
The Bord Bia Meat Marketing Seminar has heard that the EU needs beef from Mercosur countries to make up for reduced production in Europe.
Agri-Business
There is a leakage of 75-80% of organic lambs from the system, according to Bord Bia's livestock sector manager Seamus McMenamin.
Bord Bia is expecting "some stabilisation" in the Irish breeding ewe flock this year, following...
Sheep
Bord Bia is expecting "some stabilisation" in the Irish breeding ewe flock this year following significant falls in 2025.
There are now 5,700 farmers participating in the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS), according to figures highlighted by Bord Bia.
Tight supplies and strong prices are forecast to dominate the lamb trade in the short term at least, according to Bord Bia.
The Irish factory cattle supply is forecast to fall by approximately 87,000 head this year according to Bord Bia projections.
The 2025 Bord Bia Meat Marketing Seminar kicks off this morning (Friday, January 17) in Naas, Co. Kildare.
The Bord Bia Meat Marketing Seminar 2024, kicks off at the Killashee Hotel, Naas, Co. Kildare, this morning (Friday, January 19).
The supply of finished cattle in Ireland has been forecast to fall by 50-60,000 head this year,...
Over a fifth of adults worldwide are actively trying to increase their protein intake and the future role of meat will evolve, Bord Bia says.
Over 150 representatives from the Irish meat industry gathered at the Bord Bia Meat Marketing Seminar to review the global industry in 2019.
The importance of the Chinese market to the Irish agri-food sector is very more complex, according to Bord Bia's Conor O'Sullivan.
