Beef price tracker 2

Wille is on my train of thought (on bord bia and the Mill) albeit I would have questioned their ability to market our beef into Italy and France at almost 8e a kg and a world shortage. They had these markets at their disposal since 1973 (EU entry) Its an absolute disgrace, folks we are heading for a base price of 5.60 this autumn. The cartel are taking in huge volume of southern hemisphere beef making a killing and displacing Irish beef in the UK (some well proven to be cancer aiding by use of hormones and antibiotics in the meat).

There must be a total independent agency to market Irish beef. That icbf 60e in order to get Bord Bia qa must go its only subsidised a quango who's no function in Irish beef sales.

Im not calling for a beef protest but im calling for something that upsets providence and that hurts the cartel more.i said before and ill say it again you think you are not in a good place now, see where are in the autumn. The procurement managers (most un educated) are doing a right job for their masters just like the beef protests.

We can all play the sustainability game, grass fed, distance to slaughter et al but we can expose it in equal measure. If there's a back up of beef in chills thats their problem, not ours. Its very obvious that they are very one demention in marketing Irish beef, no initiative or are they….

300 odd thousand cattle left these shores last year the same in in 1981 the figures don't add up.

The grain companies go down to the ports and fill up cheap southern hemisphere grain, if every crop failed in these islands it wouldn't make an iota of a difference.

On the flip side that benefits the farmer who feeds meal but the tillage guy is after getting some battering.

I sound like a hippy from the 1970s, the big boys aren't at a loss if cheap imported beef or grain hits their markets. Its set up that they are the only ones to process it anyway. JBS didn't go over to Tesco and say do you want cheap beef. The Irish beef baron went to Tesco and said i know where I can get you cheap beef.

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Last year we imported approx 175 tons that os 175 tone not 175k tons of Brazilian beef into Ireland, Argentinian beef has nearly double that volume. In total we imported about 40,000 tons 99% of it from other EU countries or the UK. Previous it was 37k tonnes. Most beef imported to Ireland is from the UK and NI.

Now last year we had the highest price we ever recieved for beef. Are Irish processors importing Brazilians or Mercour beef into Ireland yes but not in the quantities many think.

The main problem we face is we are being displaced on UK supermarkets shelves by imports from Australia, NZ and Brazilian beef. The beef is imported directly into the UK as in the case of Australian and NZ beef its tarriff free up to about 50k tonnes. Brazil had a Hilton quota of 7.5k tonnes tarrif free.

Is Brazilian beef being relabeled as Irish. Highly unlikely as DNA tests would prove it from Nelore breeding so Supermarkets would have strict labeling conditions sine they got caught with the horse meat scandal.

Australian and NZ beef is different you would need to genetic test back to bull level to prove if it was relabbled. Are the Irish processors importing beef from Australia and NZ into the UK. Yes they are as there customers are requesting it. If they did not would these imports stop. No because they have about 50% of the UK processing capacity. If they stopped the business would transfer to these other processors.

Do I like it no, but I am a realist the UK has signed free trade agreements which allows this beef in so someone is going to import it.

Obviously different in parts of the UK going by the funky farmer has his silage clamp full to the brim while last year his was buying in fodder.