Additional reportage by Claire Mc Cormack Unless the Government and processors take measures “right now” to safeguard the beef sector, the “beef industry…
It is high time that the decade-old “dysfunctional” Quality Payment System (QPS) is reviewed, according to the Irish Cooperative Organisation Society (ICOS). In…
A review of the beef grid, beef specifications, carcass classification and market transparency were key issues covered by beef industry stakeholders during the…
Meat factory concessions are long overdue, with processors accused of having “subverted fair competition for livestock and distorted trade” by the Irish Cooperative…
The beef talks between Meat Industry Ireland (MII), the Beef Plan Movement, farm organisations and the Department of Agriculture provided a “good opportunity…
The talks between Meat Industry Ireland (MII), the Beef Plan Movement, farm organisations and state agencies have concluded following more than 12 hours…
The attendance of retail multiples must be demanded by Government for talks on “fair” farm margins, according to Fianna Fáil agriculture spokesperson Charlie…
Talks between the Beef Plan Movement, Meat Industry Ireland (MII), the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and farmer organisations are set…
The current “toxicity of relations” between the beef industry and farming community cannot continue, and meat processors must change this, according to Minister…
Retailers, food service companies and processors must be held accountable for their actions on beef specifications, according to UFU deputy president, Victor Chestnutt.…
