Agri-Business
The IBLA has raised concerns relating to meat processors with the Unfair Trading Practices (UTP) Enforcement Authority.
Beef
Processors "must follow through on their commitment" to install weighing scales, according to Edmund Graham, beef chairman of the ICSA.
The fact that the Beef Market Taskforce has not yet met has been described as a "slap in the face" for farmers who took part in the protests.
The delays to the implementation of the Irish Beef Sector Agreement are risking a renewed wave of protests, according to one Irish MEP.
Farmers are being urged to familiarise themselves with tenets of the Irish Beef Sector Agreement in relation to processor obligations.
Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has been called on to "up the ante and get the Beef Market Taskforce moving" by the ICSA.
Beef farmers are being urged to "build a paper trail" on price quote correspondence between themselves and meat processor agents.
ICMSA is calling on meat processors to observe the four-month notice rule for implementing changes to weight limits.
Farmers gave mixed responses to the Irish Beef Sector Agreement at the spring born weanling show and sale at Gort Mart in Co. Galway.
A total of 10 farmer-led protests outside meat processing plants have now officially stood down, AgriLand understands.
Beef Plan is again calling on all protesters to cease picketing in order to allow the benefits of the recent agreement to be explained.
