Consumers ‘can handle’ higher prices for farm produce

WE now live in a society where sirloin steak is €10.68 per kilogram and cocaine is €70 a gram (or €70,000 a kilogram), a farm leader pointed out last night.

Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) president Malcolm Thompson was speaking in the context of farmers being dependent on low prices.

“Don’t tell me that the consumer couldn’t handle a little bit more at the counter,” he said.