Beef forum must review factory prices, says IFA

Beef sector stakeholders should use this week’s beef forum to set out a strategy for the sector on viable cattle prices and Brexit, said IFA president Joe Healy.

At the forum meeting called for this Thursday by Agriculture Minister Michael Creed, the IFA will push for Irish meat factories to bring their prices in line with the UK market.

The IFA says that, with pre-Christmas demand pushing up prices, farmers selling cattle this week are demanding and getting significant price increases of up to 10c above the quoted prices.