Processors group backs beef forum

AGRICULTURE Minister Mary Coughlan’s decision to establish a beef forum to examine the sector has been welcomed by Meat Industry Ireland (MII), representing processors.

The body was set up in light of prevailing opportunities and challenges for the sector.

Cormac Healy, director of MII, said it had advocated the need for a constructive debate on this important sector in order to set out a blueprint for development in the years ahead.