FARMERS JOURNAL – 20 OCTOBER 2016

The ICSA beef chair, Edmond Phelan, is encouraging winter finishers to have a contract with their factory that locks in a price.

The ICSA beef chair, Edmond Phelan, is encouraging winter finishers to have a contract with their factory that locks in a price.

Beef finishers should have a contract with factories which includes a definite price for next spring, according to ICSA beef chair Edmond Phelan.

“Come spring, farmers would need to be achieving at least a euro more than they are getting at present to make it worth their while, so if factories want finishers to have confidence they will need to come up to the mark on price. Even at €4.00/kg, farmers would be losing over €200 a head.”

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ICSA SLAMS UNFAIR TARGETING OF IRISH LIVESTOCK HAULIERS ABROAD

Apr 25, 2024 | Latest News, Press Releases | 0

ICSA president Sean McNamara has said he is urgently seeking clarification regarding the recent targeting of Irish livestock trucks by Irish officials at the port of Cherbourg. “ICSA has been contacted by several of the livestock hauliers affected who claim they were singled out by the Irish officials for additional inspections by the French authorities while non livestock carrying trucks were left alone. This was despite these inspections having no relevance to animal welfare,” he said.