date:Mar 25, 2014
to be aided by a 6% rise in Irish output, while further recovery in production is also expected in Belgium and the Netherlands, where a rise of over 8% is forecast for both countries.
Outside of the EU-15, production continues to be down, with Poland down over 5% last year, and this trend is expected to continue in 2015 with a further decline forecast. Looking towards 2015, preliminary forecasts show beef output in the EU is expected to stabilise.
Consumption levels within the EU fell