Home » Breaking News » Hackett cool on meat regulator, saying government can’t control price of beef Joanne Newtown explains the work of Irish Seed Savers to Pippa Hackett, Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity, during her visit to the site as part of the celebrations for the United Nations Food and Agriculture ‘International Year of Plant Health’. Photography by Eugene McCafferty Hackett cool on meat regulator, saying government can’t control price of beef June 26, 2021 THE government can’t control beef prices for farmers, according to Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Pippa Hackett. Senator Hackett, who is a beef suckler and sheep farmer, supports better labelling for grass-fed produced beef because she believes consumers are entitled to know how an animal was reared, on pasture or in a shed, and how it was slaughtered.