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  • AID PACKAGE WELCOME BUT INSUFFICIENT FOR PIG FARMERS

    IFA National Pigs Committee Chairman Pat O’Flaherty has welcomed the announcement from the Minister for Agriculture detailing the distribution of the €1m direct aid package for pig farmers. Minister Coveney confirmed that a flat rate payment will issue to pig farmers with a minimum supply of 200 slaughter pigs in 2015. It must now be…

  • Beef crisis has only been delayed not resolved – Mattie McGrath

    Independent TD Mattie McGrath has expressed his concern that last year’s pricing crisis within the beef farming sector is set to re-emerge over the next month. Deputy McGrath was speaking as it is being reported that British beef processors are beginning to cut prices by £1/kg on all non-UK beef stock; a move that will…

  • MEAT FACTORIES MUST MAKE SIGNFICANT MOVE ON PRICE – IFA

    The Executive Council of the Irish Farmers Association met in Dublin today to consider the outcome of last night’s Beef Forum, and to discuss the next phase of the Association’s campaign to get a price increase for farmers that reflects the higher returns from our main export market in the UK. IFA President Eddie Downey…