FARMERS need to resist ongoing pressure by the meat processors to cut cattle prices over recent weeks – despite a buoyant international market for beef. According...
GALWAY farm representatives have expressed ‘serious disappointment’ at the outcome of talks between the meat plants, the Minister for Agriculture and the main farming organisations. Kevin...
A LACK of grass and the ‘greed of the factories’ have been cited as the two main factors accounting for the slump in cattle prices over...
FARM leaders have expressed serious concerns that the meat plants are trying to pull back on the main points agreed at the Beef Forum in relation...
THE meat factories need to move quickly to a baseline beef price of €4/kg if they want to avoid further farmer protests, Galway IFA Livestock Committee...
A DECISION on whether further protests outside the meat plants will take place next week is likely to be made by the IFA in the run-up...
About 200 farmers and close on 50 tractors launched another of their blitz demonstrations at the Lidl supermarket in Ballinasloe last week in protest over the...
