Hanrahan: Prices for beef need to be increased
It is clearly apparent that the processing factories are endeavouring to take advantage of the difficulties being experienced by farmers with the weather to apply pressure on the prices that they pay for their supplies of product, the Chairman of the IFA’s National Livestock Chairman Declan Hanrahan complained.
In reality, market conditions and the current supplies of finished cattle firmly justify better prices for the farmers, he contended. The Prime Export Benchmark Price increased by another four percent in the most recent report from Bord Bia which is indicative of the demand for Irish been within our principal export markets.
But at the moment, prices are some ten cents a kilogram behind where they were at this point in the year in 2023.
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Tillage payment a source of dismay for farmers
The declaration by the Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue at the Fianna Fáil Árd Fheis that a payment of €100 per hectare will be delivered to tillage farmers to tide them over the difficulties arising from the really bad winter (and besides) is a wholly inadequate measure, the President of the IFA Francie Gorman has stated.
“The reality is that before this announcement, the government’s 2024 allocation for tillage farmers was nearly €30-million down on 2023.
“This announcement is unlikely to even fill that hole” he complained.
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