Farm groups want Simon Coveney to take tough line with meat factories

Farm groups have urged Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney to take a tougher line with meat factories in implementing outcomes agreed at a beef forum last November.

Minister Coveney again hosted talks between farmer groups and processors at his department's Backweston Laboratory Complex in Dublin on Wednesday.

The IFA and other farmer groups sought greater progress on beef price transparency; movement on the age issue from 30 to 36 months; Quality Assurance; and bull beef production.