Sheep
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Price cuts implemented by factories on lamb prices is driving sheep farmers to frustration and despondency according to the IFA.
Sheep News
Meat factories and the government have been heavily criticised by Comiskey for the "lack of meaningful support" for the sheep sector.
Sheep farmers "cannot survive on prices that have been consistently worse than last year," the ICSA has said.
Sheep farmers do "not have the capacity" to absorb further losses and need urgent financial support, one farm organisation has warned.
Weak market prices are leaving sheep farmers in a "severe loss-making situation" as factory prices drop further, Kevin Comiskey has said.
Minister Charlie McConalogue met with the sheep chairperson for the IFA this week to discuss financial challenges in the sector.
Agri-Business
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has been urged to get "money into the pockets of sheep farmers" to help them pay their bills.
