Farmers occupy Bord Bia HQ as protest escalates
Farmers have occupied the HQ of Bord Bia in an escalation of the dispute over the role of the Chair and his business dealings with Brazil.
IFA President Francie Gorman said the move reflects the deep frustration and anger over the inaction by Bord Bia on this matter.
“It’s over two weeks since I first raised this matter, and over a week since we began our protest outside the Bord Bia office in Dublin. Yet the Chair of Bord Bia and the Government have failed to recognise how this issue is undermining farmer confidence in Bord Bia. Our position has been quite clear on this: the position of the Chair is untenable given that he imports Brazilian beef,” he said.
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ICMSA: More bluffing by factories on beef prices
On the home front, where beef is concerned, the Chairman of the ICMSA’s Livestock Committee, Michael O’Connell, has focussed his annoyance at what he refers to as endeavours on the part of the beef processors to “bluff prices downwards” in the face of there being significant demand in the market.
The reality is that factory agents have been very active in seeking all types of forward and beef cattle in the new year, “a sure sign that factories are expecting barren times 60 to 70 days from now”, as he sees it.
All over the world, it is quite clear that supplies of cattle are tight at the moment and there is ample cause for the processors in Ireland to up the prices by ten cents a kilogram or more.
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