Processors undermining €1.6bn beef export trade, claims IFA leader

THE country’s €1.6 billion beef export trade and its production base are being damaged as a result of cattle prices being reduced by processors, the Irish Farmers Association president Padraig Walshe claimed yesterday.

He was speaking at a protest outside the Ardee, Co Louth, head office of Anglo Irish Beef Packers, part of the Goodman group.

Mr Walshe said AIBP, as the largest beef processor, was dictating the pace on cattle price cuts which has wiped €100 per head off beef prices in the last month.