Beef has potential to add €500m in exports by 2025, say factories

Beef output can grow by its annual value by €500m by exporting an extra 80,000 tonnes annually, says Meat Industry Ireland.

The representative body of the beef processing sector in Ireland, Meat Industry Ireland has set out its ambitious growth targets for the beef sector in a beef policy document that it has produced in the context of the Food Wise 2025 document.

Director Cormac Healy, said: “This growth in output has already started, with an additional 60,000 head forecast to be processed this year and a further increase of 100,000 head in 2017.