Boost for farmers as demand for beef set to soar

IRELAND’S 100,000 beef farming families will take heart from a doubling of the projected increase in demand for beef in Europe by 2020.

Wed, 22 Jun, 2011 - 01:00

Joe Dermody

The Beef 2020 Action Group’s projections for a 20% production increase have been revised upwards to 40%, Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney said yesterday at an IFA conference in Tullamore, Co Offaly.

This projection will also be well received by the 8,000 people working in meat processing.

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Courts Place: Europe Place: Tullamore, Co Offaly Place: Ireland Place: Slovenia Place: Denmark Place: Tullamore Person: Agriculture Minister Person: Simon Coveney Person: Klaus-Dieter Borchardt Person: Borchardt Person: Coveney Event: IFA Organisation: Beef 2020 Action Group Organisation: European Commission Organisation: Ireland Organisation: EU

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