Beef
'Minister stood by the factories on horsemeat, why not the farmers now?'
The lack of movement by the Minister for Agriculture on finding a resolution to the beef crisis was slammed by...
Meat Industry Ireland
Opinion
Beef crisis is not our fault, say factories, beef farmers aren't efficient enough
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has laid the blame for the current beef crisis firmly at the door of beef farmers....
Beef
Factories say carcase weight flexibility to be on plant-by-plant basis
Meat Industry Ireland (MII), which represents the meat factories, has set out its response to the Dowling Report. Here are...
Beef
Meat factories not attending IFA beef crisis meetings, but call for private talks
Meat Industry Ireland (MII), the representative body for beef processors, has confirmed that industry will not be attending the ongoing...
Beef
Meat processors say they will 'explore flexibility on carcase weights'
Meat processors have said they are willing to explore flexibility around carcase weights, after meeting with the Minster for Agriculture,...
Beef
'Irish meat processors are returning as strong a price as possible'
Irish processors are returning as strong a price as possible to beef producers, given the challenging market environment at present,...
Beef
No cartel in Irish beef industry, says Coveney
There is no cartel in the Irish beef industry, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney has...
Beef
Market spec' for beef has not changed, says Meat Industry Ireland
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has today said that the overall market specifications for quality assured Irish beef have not changed....
Beef
ICSA questions Meat Industry Ireland assertions
ICSA suckler Chairman Dermot Kelleher has questioned recent assertions by Meat Industry Ireland that adoption of the technologies recommended by...
Opinion
At last, Coveney takes the meat plants to task
Trust has broken down between the factories and Irish beef farmers. This is a clear fact, alluded to in today’s...
Beef
Meat Industry Ireland defends price paid to beef farmers
Meat Industry Ireland has defended the price it pays to beef farmers, saying it paid a 40% increase to beef...
Beef
Meat Industry Ireland meets minister over beef prices
A delegation from Meat Industry Ireland (MII), comprising the main beef processors in Ireland, met with Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney yesterday...
Beef
Meat Industry Ireland 'fully aware' of out-of-spec bulls crisis
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) says it is fully aware of the out-of-spec bull crisis. In a statement to Agriland today, it...
Beef
Meat Industry Ireland insists cattle prices remains 6pc higher than last year
Meat Industry Ireland has defended the current cattle price. Speaking to AgriLand, Cormac Healy, director of MII, said: “Prices have come...
Beef
Meat Industry Ireland defends cattle prices amid criticism from IFA, ICMSA
Meat Industry Ireland has this morning defended the reduction in the price for cattle for the past weeks amid increasing...