Beef sector can cash in on European shortfall

THE Irish beef industry, which has made a dramatic recovery from the market setbacks of recent years, is poised to benefit from a shortage of supplies in Europe.

But it will also have to re-position some €200 million worth of exports from the British market to those in continental Europe within the next two years.

These points were made at the Bord Bia organised European Meat Forum which Agriculture and Food Minister Joe Walsh officially opened in Dublin yesterday.