Pressure on beef prices set to force suckler farmers out of business

WEANLING prices are back between €100 and €150 on this time last year, according to the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association.

Suckler committee chairman Brendan McLaughlin believes the current pressure on beef prices from factories will result in many suckler farmers going out of business.

“However, it’s not just factories and processors that are to blame. Supermarkets seem to have all the control when it comes to setting prices and it’s about time that something was done to combat this,” he said