Farmers face €500 loss per animal as beef prices fall

The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has called on beef factories to explain why prices are around €1.10/kg behind this time last year. The price drop comes as the national cattle kill is more than 5.5%, or over 58,000 head, behind last year’s levels. ICSA Beef chair Sean Sherman said that “this is […] The post Farmers face €500 loss per animal as beef prices fall appeared first on Agriland.ie.