Planning sought for new NI sow processing plant
IFA is anticipating that pig prices will rise again as Covid-19 restrictions ease. Picture: McAuliffe Pig Farms.
With no change in pig processors’ price offers in the past week, IFA predicts prices will rise again in responses to Covid-19 restrictions being eased, and foodservice gradually opening.
However, IFA acknowledged that the Irish export plant flat rate prices of €1.68 to €1.76/kg (in Northern Ireland) are slightly above the EU average, and there are domestic pig price pressures in the all-important Chinese market.
