ICMSA slams factories over beef price quotes amid soaring live export demand

With demand for Irish beef soaring and cattle numbers tight, farmers are being urged to reject substandard factory quotes
ICMSA slams factories over beef price quotes amid soaring live export demand

Beef processors will have to rethink their pricing due to dwindling beef supplies, says ICMSA.

Beef processors have been forced to halt price pulling due to dwindling beef supplies.

ICMSA Livestock Committee Chairperson, Michael O’Connell, has said some beef processors “have sought to pull the wool over farmers' eyes” by quoting lower base prices for steers and heifers.

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