Early-season farmgate prices for sheepmeat have been higher than last spring and cattle prices remain strong. This coupled with the recent reductions in interest rates has alleviated some financial ...

New gross margin calculations have shown that prime lamb production and replacement purchases emerged as the top-performing sheep enterprises of 2024 ...

Rare-breed meat costs a little more than commercial lamb, but the difference in flavour will be noticeable. Rare breeds include: Boreray, Castlemilk Moorit, Hebridean, Manx Loghtan, North ...

Reduced numbers in Europe and New Zealand and a smaller 2024 GB lamb crop should ensure the current buoyant trade for sheep continues well into 2025.

And in 1973 President Richard Nixon imposed ceilings on the price of beef, pork and lamb as the cost of living soared. These moves had limited success, and since the 1980s the meat processing ...

Red meat export records were smashed in 2024. The final figures for the year have been tallied and beef, lamb, mutton and goat meat all reached new export volumes. And 2025 is shaping up to be another ...