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IFA President Joe Healy
has said Ireland should take a brand Ireland approach to selling beef
to China.
He said the Chinese market presents a unique opportu- nity to build a high value Irish beef brand, similar to Kerrygold for dairy. Joe Healy said we have
to maximise the price re- turn and avoid a situation where the farmer price is undermined by processors undercutting each other in the Chinese market, “Farm- ers have seen the success of the Ornua Kerrygold mod- el on the dairy side. China presents an opportunity to take a similar approach with Irish beef.” The IFA President, along National
with Livestock Chairman Angus Woods
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Brand Ireland Approach Needed For Beef In China - IFA
and National Pig Chairman Tom Hogan are visiting China as part of a Ministe- rial trade mission, following the opening of the Chinese market
month. Joe Healy said, “The
Chinese market could not be more important in the context of the risk to the UK market
from Brexit.
China presents a unique opportunity and we must get it right.” He said reputation and
sustainability are key attrib- utes for the Chinese market, along with transparency and traceability. In addi- tion, he said innovation is essential with 72% of con- sumers buying a new prod- uct at
compared to 42% for EU for Irish beef last
consumers. Joe Healy said it is en- couraging that Agriculture Minister Michael Creed and EU Agriculture Com- missioner Phil Hogan are leading these trade
high level missions organised
around the SIAL Fair in Shanghai China to promote Irish and European food and agriculture.
“China consumes their last shopping,
one-quarter of the world’s meat supply, and import- ed 700,000 tonnes of beef in 2017. There is enor- mous potential for further rapid growth in consum- er demand for beef, with consumption expected to double by 2020, driven by increasing urbanisation and rising incomes,” Joe Healy said.
IFA To Make Submission To Minister Creed On Electronic Tagging
Following a recent
meeting between the IFA and Minister for Agricul- ture Michael Creed, the Minister has requested the IFA make a submis- sion on electronic tagging of sheep. The
IFA National
Sheep Committee met last week and agreed the main aspects of the sub- mission to the Minister. The IFA submission will focus on the case farmers
cannot be
that ex-
pected to carry the costs of EID tagging when the main benefits will be go- ing to the factories, the marts, the Department and the tag suppliers. Sean Dennehy said,
“In line with the case we made strongly to Minis- ter Creed when we met him last week, the IFA will be proposing that the Department has to find
a way to ensure that the €2m cost of EID is not borne by the farmer.” Sean Dennehy said
farmers are extremely an- noyed and angry with the decision by the Minister to impose EID without consultation and feel par- ticularly aggrieved over the attempt to impose the excessive cost of EID on farmers. This is totally unacceptable. In addition, the
IFA
submission will highlight that it is not practical at farm level to impose EID in October this year as the timing is all wrong in terms of the lamb trade and especially the store lamb trade. Sean Dennehy said
IFA will also make it clear that
it makes no sense
and there is no benefit in terms of traceability by using EID in lambs that
move from the farm of or- igin directly to slaughter. An essential element of EID will be that the fac- tories and marts are in a position to effectively op- erate as Central Points of Recording (CPR). Sean Dennehy said the Min- ister gave a commitment that
the factories and
marts will operate CPR and provide farmers with their movement
Have you got a story for the docu-
ment, which can be used for cross compliance. He said the Department will have to guarantee the ac- curacy of this printout. In addition, the IFA will be
proposing increased
tolerances and reduced penalties. Sean Dennehy said
the position of hill sheep farmers will also have to be fully covered as the cost are proportionally much higher.
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Extension To Summer Slurry Spreading Deadline Provides Welcome Relief To Workload Pressure On Farms
IFA National Environ-
ment Chairman Thomas Cooney has welcomed the decision to extend the deadline
farmers to spread slurry by one month to July 15th Thomas Cooney said,
for derogation .
“It has been an extreme- ly difficult winter and spring for farmers and livestock. This extension provides for the fact that it would not be possible
for many farmers to meet the original deadline.” He added, “In addi-
tion, it must be taken into consideration that many farmers, since learning earlier this year of the new low-emission spreading technology re- quirement, have placed orders with manufactur- ers and are struggling to get the required equip- ment.”
Wool Prices Need To Rise To Cover Costs - IFA
With the wool Sheep season
about to commence, and farmers beginning the first of the shearing, IFA Na- tional
Chairman
Sean Dennehy has said wool prices need to rise significantly to cover the costs and work associated with shearing. Sean
some wool merchants have said that
Dennehy said they are
pared to offer up to 60c/ kg to get volumes of wool, while most seem to trying to
offer 50-55 c/kg. He pre-
said scotch wool is being offered as low as 40 c/kg. The IFA Sheep Chair-
man said at the last Brad- ford sale in the UK on May 8th
there was a 97%
clearance and the index price up 3%. The British Wool Board reported all wool types were
slightly
dearer, with the carpet type wool selling particu- larly well. Welsh Mountain wool has advanced by up to 7.5%, albeit from a low base.
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