date:Aug 21, 2014
Irish livestock farmers cannot survive with unviable beef prices and severe specification cuts.
This was the message from the president of the Irish Farmers Association Eddie Downey speaking at the first in a series of IFA Livestock Meetings in Navan this week.
He said: With beef prices in our main markets in the UK and across the EU stable and recovering, the current attack on prices by the factories cannot be justified.
The anger and frustration of farmers over the way their incomes have be