Joint bid to protect €2.25bn beef trade

THE €2.25 billion beef industry has united behind a strategy to seek an effective ceiling on imports into Europe.

Meat Industry Ireland, representing processors, and the Irish Farmers Association, on behalf of producers, have launched an agreed strategy to defend the industry from looming threats in world trade talks.

Both parties have called on Agriculture and Food Minister Mary Coughlan and the Government to declare the beef sector a vital national interest.