Beef carcase specs under roundtable spotlight

Beef 2020 Activation Group chairman Michael Dowling has been asked by Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney to look at the role of processors’ specifications in young bull production and prices.
Beef carcase   specs under roundtable spotlight

The minister has confirmed that farmer and meat processors representatives at his roundtable beef talks in April were “diametrically opposed” on specifications for young bull production, and the impact these have on the market situation.

Mr Coveney expects that Mr Dowling will make a report on specifications at the next roundtable discussion, on June 3.

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