Beef
The quest for dual national 'Born in Ireland-finished in UK' retail label to solve the nomad cattle problem is a dead end.
ABP has made major changes to its beef pricing grid in the UK with the aim of reducing the number of over-age cattle.
Tighter supermarket specifications are having a big impact on the beef industry in the UK, according to Robert Forster.
The UK’s mainline processors want to buy a higher proportion of heifers because this reduces the risk of them handling out of specification, overweight or overage, male carcases.
