Market Conditions Justify Further Beef Price Increases – IFA
IFA National Livestock Chair Declan Hanrahan said tight supplies and market demand are driving trade in our key beef export markets. EU young bull prices are continuing to strengthen, combined with the UK price, the Bord Bia Prime export benchmark has opened a gap of 12c/kg with the Prime Irish composite price. The amount of […]
Beef Prices at Odds with Market Conditions – IFA
IFA Livestock chair Declan Hanrahan said attempts by factories to lower quotes for beef cattle are at odds with market conditions. He said UK prices have increased again this past week following tight supplies and a good demand for beef in our key market. Mr. Hanrahan said that Irish beef accounts for the majority […]
Relentless Cuts to Lamb Prices by Factories Must Stop – IFA
IFA Sheep chair Adrian Gallagher said factories are destroying confidence in the sheep sector and undermining sheep markets by constantly cutting lamb prices. It has been an extremely difficult year lambing ewes, with enormous weather challenges contributing to increased costs and losses encountered,” he said. Mr. Gallagher said that the processing sector must do […]
