Farmers demand answers as quotes slip another 5c/kg
Farm orgs unanimous in condemnation of processors
‘The price pulls this time last year brought plenty of anguished complaining from producers, but nothing else. This time the cuts are even more severe’. Photo: Brian Farrell
With quotes for bullocks and heifers back another 5c/kg to €5.00/kg and €5.05/kg, one finisher summed up how many in the game are feeling.
“The price received by Irish farmers for beef fluctuates between three basic realities: you have either just been turned over, you are being turned over or you are about to be turned over,” he said, adding in plenty of industrial language.
