ICSA chief: Processors cannot have it both ways
“The narrative that prices are ‘holding’ is simply not good enough. Farmers are still not being paid a price that reflects the true value of their cattle or the cost of producing them. Standing still at an unsustainable level will not keep any farmer in business.”
These were the words of Edmund Graham, the Chairman of the Beef Committee at the ICSA, last week when he stated that while beef prices have levelled off and remained stable lately, the prices on offer are a long way short of what the primary producers require in order to remain viable.
In regard to the announcement that it was possible that there were going to be some redundancies at ABP’s cutting and deboning plant in Waterford, again here the explanation for these potential job losses do not make a great deal of sense either.
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Key issue not being addressed in Bord Bia dispute - IFA
There remains a significant difficulty with the Chairman of both Bord Bia and the commercial food company Dawn Farms and it will remain a problem for as long as that company continues to import meat from Brazil for use in its products until Mr Murrin resigns from Bord Bia, Francie Gorman has warned.
The President of the IFA has been critical of the Minister for Agriculture, Martin Heydon, for his stance in declining to bring forward proposals to resolve the issue but it would be reasonable to say that farmers have lost confidence in him.
“The Minister and Bord Bia’s ‘kick the can down the road’ approach will not resolve this dispute, which is very regrettable for everyone. There is a massive disconnect between farmers and the corporate leadership in Bord Bia,” he said.
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