Higher beef prices predicted for this year as supplies tighten

TIGHTER cattle supplies across Britain and in Ireland will drive on beef prices in 2010, it was claimed yesterday.

It followed a meeting in Birmingham of the Irish Farmers’ Association, the National Farmers’ Union and the Ulster Farmers’ Union.

IFA livestock committee chairman Michael Doran said, based on the projections for tighter cattle supplies across England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland, and a continuing strong demand for beef, the beef price prospects for 2010 have to be positive.