ICSA: Beef prices still adrift of other markets

As beef prices across the EU continued to rise strongly, Irish beef farmers continue to be seriously short-changed by the meat processing enterprises, the Chairman of the ICSA Beef Committee John Cleary laments. 

At a time when prices are at an all-time high in the UK and prices in the EU are pitched well ahead of €6 a kilogram,

the prices being paid to Irish farmers are still lagging way behind these figures.

“Irish beef prices truly defy logic when compared to the UK and Europe" he said.

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Water Quality Group proposals are not fully agreed upon - IFA

The IFA is anxious to let it be known that the Association has certain reservations about the content of the Agriculture Water Quality Group’s proposals and that a news item that it has been decided that the application of straight urea will be prohibited is not correct.

The IFA is not in agreement with this proposal being included when the measure is introduced and has issued the following statement to contradict the release of what was described as the ‘minutes’ of the pertinent meeting of the group as prepared by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. 

These were, in effect, only draft minutes an at a subsequent meeting of the Group, the Association stated that this was the case.

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