Farmers angry at ‘unjustified and unprecedented’ beef price cuts

Farmer anger is in danger of boiling over because of “unjustified and unprecedented” factory beef price cuts.

Following an emergency meeting of the IFA Livestock Committee, chairman Henry Burns called for a halt to the cuts and the restoration of stability to the trade.

He said the beef factories have cut cattle prices by 35c to 50c/kg across the different categories or €130 (steers), €150 (heifers) and €145 (cows) since early/mid-June.