Quality beef doesn’t stop at 30 months

THERE is an old saying, “If it’s not broken, don’t try to fix it.”

With Irish beef prices at record levels, why then are the IFA proposing to tinker with the quality assurance payments system?

At present, a 6 cent per kg top-up is payable on in-spec cattle (that is, O= or better in conformation, providing the animal is aged under 30 months).