Pigmeat price has moved to 152c/kg

IFA National Pigs Committee Chairman Pat O’Flaherty said continental demand has helped push prices ahead again this week.

He said demand from China continues to prove hugely beneficial, with an 80% increase in EU pigmeat exports for the first quarter, year-on-year.

Top prices on the home market have gone to 152c/kg at export and pork slaughter plants, and in Northern Ireland.