Farmers fighting back against cattle prices, says livestock leader

Beef farmers are fighting back against the factories on cattle prices, according to IFA National Livestock Committee chairman Henry Burns.

Farmers fighting back against cattle prices, says livestock leader

“Farmers are not prepared to take the lower quoted prices and the factories are finding it extremely difficult to get cattle. Factories are having to pay 5-10c/kg over quoted prices to get numbers.”

He said the factories had used the bad weather situation over recent weeks to attack cattle prices in a most unjustified way.

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