date:Mar 13, 2014
Top-level Irish Farmer Association (IFA) and Ulster Farmers Union meetings took place this week on the current problems on beef prices and specifications both North and South.
According to the IFA, both farm organisations were very clear that the recent factory beef price cuts and specification changes were seriously eroding confidence in the beef sector on the island and had inflicted excessive financial damage on winter finishers.
In relation to specification, IFA president Eddie Downey said