Anger growing over beef price cuts

Ireland: There is growing farmer anger and resistance to the ongoing beef price cuts by the meat factories, the IFA has warned.

Livestock Committee chairman John Bryan said that anger was boiling with the concerted way all the factories had lowered their quoted prices again this week to below the crucial €2.52/kg (90p/lb) for R grade animals.

“Farmers are extremely angry with the factories over the ongoing price cuts and the way they are using cheap Brazilian imports to undermine our valuable markets,” he said.