Beef
Memo to AgriLand: 'Processors should be called upon to back-date price cuts'
Ahead of the convening of the Beef Market Taskforce at Agriculture House in Dublin tomorrow, Tuesday, November 13, the Roscommon...
Beef Talks
Beef
6 'deliverable results' called for from beef taskforce
The Beef Markets Taskforce must deliver real results for farmers and not just end up as a talking shop, according...
Beef
Creed appoints chairman to beef market taskforce
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed has revealed that he has appointed a chairman to the incoming...
Beef
Establishment of beef taskforce 'an immediate priority'
The establishment of the Beef Market Taskforce is now an immediate priority for Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine,...
Beef
Final beef protests officially stand down tonight
Additional reporting by Sylvester Phelan All farmer-led protests outside the country’s meat processors have officially stood down, AgriLand understands. After...
Beef
Protest in Nenagh 'suspended' while Rathkeale resumes beef kill
The protest outside the ABP meat factory in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, has been suspended, according to demonstrators, while Slaney Meats...
Beef
How much is the latest beef agreement worth to farmers?
The details of the agreement struck between stakeholders in the beef sector over the weekend is worth an extra €23...
Beef
Farmers should 'take the point rather than go for goal' - Punch
Protesting beef farmers are being encouraged to “take the point rather than the goal you’re not going to get” –...
Beef
Sheep farmers 'the victims' of illegal blockades - Dawn Meats
Dawn Meats has issued a statement highlighting that as a result of what it described as “an illegal blockade” of...
Beef
'We need to know a base price before we withdraw pickets'
A spokesperson for beef farmers protesting at the pickets in Co. Cork has said “the biggest problem is that the...
Beef
Weekend agreement 'warrants been given a chance' - INHFA
The agreement on changes to the beef sector hammered out over the weekend “warrants being given a chance”, according to...
Beef
'€3.80/kg base price and we will stand down immediately'
Farmers protesting at the factory gates in Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan, have called on representatives from Liffey Meats to meet with...
Agri Politics
Minister hopeful factories can return to business 'within hours and days'
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, said he is hopeful that meat factories around the country...
Beef
Ballyjamesduff picket hangs in the balance pending base price rise
A meeting for all beef farmers took place at short notice in St. Joseph’s Hall, Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan, tonight, Sunday,...
Agri Politics
Efforts to lift protests and blockades at meat factories ‘straight away’
A number of representatives from the farm organisations involved in the beef talks – which concluded just a couple of...
Beef
ICSA: Farmers 'worked in unified way' for 'maximum concessions'
The conclusion of beef sector negotiations has been welcomed by the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA), with some...
Beef
'It's the best deal 7 farm bodies combined could have achieved' - Beef Plan Movement
After more than 30 hours of tough negotiations at round two of the beef sector reform talks the Beef Plan...
Beef
Independent Farmers 'neither accept nor reject' beef deal
The Independent Farmers of Ireland (IFI) have noted that a solution to the beef dispute has been proposed – but...