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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.