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We all know someone who has been affected by a farm accident. The trauma and grief are unimaginable, especially where there are children involved. While improvements have been made on Irish farms in recent years, we are still not where we need to be. For some, they don’t see the dangers and get caught unaware One accident is too many. Farming is a dangerous business and the nature of small family farms is that family members, young and old, will be present on the farm at different times. For some, they don’t see the dangers and get caught unaware. It’s our job to make sure that all farmers and their families are safety aware. ....
This July 2020-born Limousin bull weighed 540kg and sold for €1,190 (€2.20/kg). Friday last saw Donegal Town Mart host its first livestock sale under the new COVID-19 guidelines where buyers were allowed ringside. Manus Connolly was ringside to study the trade and get the reactions of buyers, sellers and mart staff. The mart saw 100 lots go through the ring, with cows, suckler outfits, heifers, bullocks and bulls being some of these lots. Strong cow trade Cows saw a strong trade. With a large number of feeding cows in the sale, the demand was for factory-fit cows, with some of these selling for up to €2.30/kg and young feeding cows very close behind. ....
This December 2018-born Limousin-cross bullock weighed 550kg and sold for €1,300 (€2.36/kg). Granard Mart saw 200 bullocks, 70 dry cows and 100 heifers go through the mart on Wednesday last. Joseph ‘Jody’ Reilly is the new manager in the mart and Manus Connolly met him last Wednesday to talk about the current trade. The dry cow trade is on fire at the moment and the Granard trade was no different. Dry cows Factory-fit dairy-bred cows weighing 550kg-plus averaged €1.50/kg. Continental factory-fit cows weighing 670kg-plus averaged €1.97/kg. Store cows were slightly back on other weeks, with these cattle selling for an average of €1.74/kg. Factory-fit cows are well up, according to Jody, with good-quality cows €100/head dearer than the week previous. This was primarily driven by factory buyers with increased demand this week. ....