Real anger building on ground over beef price

The outlook for beef finishers as we head into 2014 is not positive. The meat factories are guilty of eroding confidence among beef finishers and stifling any competition in the beef price.

Given how crucial beef finishing is to our €2bn beef and livestock sector, any weakening of sentiment could have a damaging impact.

It is vital that there is a viable beef price to reflect the higher costs of winter finishing and return a reasonable margin to finishers.