IFA Demands Immediate Beef Price Rise
IFA National Livestock Chairman Henry Burns said the beef price situation has turned this week with supplies tightening rapidly and factories increasing prices to get numbers. He said prices have moved on with €4.00/kg the new base on steers and €4.10 base on heifers this week. He said these levels were being paid much […]
IFA Executive Council Decides Presidential Elections Will Be Under One Member One Vote
The IFA Executive Council has agreed a number of rule changes ahead of the national elections that will take place in April. The Executive Council has decided to move to One Member One Vote (OMOV), instead of a weighted branch vote, for the election of the next President and Deputy President of the IFA. […]
IFA Briefs Politicians On Beef And Sheep Competition Issues
IFA National Livestock Chairman Henry Burns said the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney must take action to address the lack of competition in the beef sector, which is set to be compounded with the proposed ABP investment in Slaney/ICM meat group. At a briefing session with politicians in Dublin today, the IFA National Livestock leader […]
Three Candidates to Contest IFA Presidential Election
The IFA National Returning Officer Jer Bergin has confirmed that three nominations for the position of President of the Irish Farmers Association have been received by this evening’s deadline. Henry Burns (Laois), Joe Healy (Galway), and Flor McCarthy (Kerry) will contest the election to be held in April. Each of the candidates has […]
Minister Coveney Must Insist Beef Factories Honour Beef Forum
In what he described as a very tough and frank Beef Forum meeting, IFA National Livestock Chairman Henry Burns said the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney made it very clear to the meat factories at this week’s meeting that there can be no duel base pricing for steers or heifers in individual processing plants by […]
