Farmers raise tempo of cattle price campaign

FARMERS intensified their cattle price campaign last night at five plants belonging to the country's three biggest meat processing companies.

The protests at AIBP (Cahir and Nenagh) Dawn Meats (Granagh, Co Waterford, and Rathdowney, Co Laois) and Kepak (Athleague, Co Roscommon) will continue until tomorrow afternoon.

However, the Irish Meat Association (IMA) and the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) again clashed over the effects of the protests, which have now entered their fourth week.