Meat factories warned not to complicate quality payment grid

MEAT factories have been warned that any efforts to further complicate the new quality payment grid will not be tolerated.

Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association beef committee chairman Peter Fox said factories have to cop on to the need to rectify existing problems with the grid.

“We would be very concerned if there was further price differentiation between fat scores given that there is already widespread confusion among farmers who are annoyed at the difficulties in predicting the value of their stock,” he said.