Drops in pig price could result in 'a threat to Ireland's food security'

"If margins continue to be eroded, young farmers will stop serving sows and we will end up losing our own pig supply."

In 2022, pig farmers protested outside Agriculture House on Kildare Street in a bid to secure urgent action by Minister Charlie McConalogue. Picture: Finbarr O’Rourke

Drops in pig price pose "a threat to Ireland's food security", the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has warned.

IFA national pig chairman Roy Gallie said pig farmers are "reeling" following a further 4c/kg reduction in pig price which was announced last Friday.