Beef
This week's factory quotes have seen the first signs of the beef trade steadying after three weeks of price cuts across the board.
IFA national livestock chairperson Declan Hanrahan has slammed what he called "relentless" beef price cuts.
Agri Politics
Beef farmers are facing a "crisis of confidence" due to falling factory prices, the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) said.
Beef processors have been called on to cease reducing cattle prices, with the IFA saying the behaviour of processors is 'unacceptable'.
The national livestock chairperson of the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has said there is "no justification for undermining beef prices".
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) has said that winter beef finishers are facing "massive losses".
Beef prices may have steadied in recent weeks but they remain off the level needed to 'keep beef farmers viable' according to the ICSA.
The ICSA has claimed the recent drop-off in beef prices is "disgraceful" and that processors are "deliberately" keeping prices down.
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers' Association (ICMSA) has accused factories of trying to "bluff prices downwards” again.
Tightening supplies of cattle in export markets and higher demand for beef should "underpin" prices to farmers, according to the IFA.
This week's factory quotes sees the beef trade remain on firm footing into the final week of August...
N.Ireland
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This week's factory quotes for finished beef cattle sees some outlets increase prices while others have reduced their prices
A farm organisation has called out meat processors for what it considers their "futile attempt to...
Rising beef prices have out-striped general inflation, driven by a constrained supply, according to the AHDB
Lanark based-Simmental cattle breeder and former auctioneer, David Lowry, is of the view that beef markets will start to strengthen
Beef prices can be expected to remain relatively strong for the foreseeable future due to scarcity in cow supplies
Beef prices have steadied and started to rise as supplies tighten, the Irish Farmers' Association...
Factories have been urged to stop beef price cuts and take a longer term view on prices by the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA).
Factories have been urged by the IFA to take a "longer term view on beef prices" with supplies of finished cattle tight.
This week's factory quotes for beef cattle has seen most processors reduce their beef price offers for for the second consecutive week.
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has said that attempts by factories to "lower beef prices" are "at odds with the reality of markets".
The ICSA has claimed that the beef price grid used to determine prices paid to farmers "is structured solely to serve factory bosses".
