ICSA claims base price paid to beef producers must be raised

THE base price paid to producers for beef must be lifted without delay, the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association has claimed.

ICSA beef committee chairman Peter Fox said while it is in favour of a quality payment system, it does not accept the present one as it stands.

“It does not sufficiently reward farmers for producing quality,” he said, stressing that the 6c/kg being offered between each point on the grid above the base price needs to be doubled.