Poland: Beef and veal - Copa-Cogeca working group meeting

On April 13, a meeting of the Copa-Cogeca “Beef and Veal” working group was held, devoted to the current market situation and the ongoing negotiations on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, attended by experts from the Federation of Trade Unions of Agricultural Producers: Jerzy Wierzbicki and Jacek Zarzecki. Most of the meeting participants recalled that the Covid-19 epidemic had had a negative impact on the European beef market for over a year. Along with the successive waves of the pandemic, new lockdowns are coming, and this is associated with the closure of the HoReCa industry. This always means less demand for culinary beef items. Only a small degree of the loss of this market can be made up for by the fact that beef is consumed more often at home. The situation is currently most promising in Great Britain, where eateries and pubs have just opened. Everyone hopes that the situation in 2021 will return to normal after the end of vaccination in the European Union ...