Plenty support for further IFA action on beef market

All cattle farmers owe a debt of gratitude to their 15,000 colleagues who supported IFA’s 24-hour beef price protests at nearly 30 meat plants around the country.

At the very least, it encourages farmers to believe a reduction in the cattle supply to plants is imminent — in the belief that IFA would not have “gone out on a limb” unless the timing was right.

Responding to the protest, processors said cattle prices are strengthening and the trend from the market is positive — also encouraging for farmers.