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The beef market will remain ‘challenged’ up to Christmas, Kepak’s Director of Agriculture, Jonathan Forbes has said, as farm organisations claim meat factories are not returning full value to farmers.

The ICMSA said the "jaw-dropping" gap between Irish and UK beef prices has widened again according to official figures.

The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Livestock Committee, Des Morrison, has called on the Minister of Agriculture, Food & Marine to ensure that every farmer that applied for the Dairy Calf-to-Beef scheme this year and completed the weighing measure is paid in full.

ICMSA want Dairy Calf-to-Beef and Dairy Beef Welfare schemes to run in parallel next year

The percentage of quality cattle being slaughtered at meat plants is now at its lowest level in 10 years.

The Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme is "drastically underfunded" and "significantly oversubscribed" according to the ICMSA.

There is a 'deeply suspicious trajectory' of Irish beef prices over the last eight weeks, according to ICMSA chairperson, Des Morrison

Farmers can overlook getting payment right away, according to the ICMSA livestock chairperson, Des Morrison

Factory agents were dismissive of any improvement in the factory trade on the back of increased consumption because of the good weather, pointing out that most of southern Europe is currently very wet.

Beef factories are operating their "September buying pattern" in what is traditionally peak period, according to the ICMSA chairperson.