Ireland: IBLA to ask member views on sheep processor protest

Published 2023년 2월 20일

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The Irish Beef and Lamb Association (IBLA) is contemplating organizing protests at sheep processing facilities to press for changes in the way farmers are compensated. The association criticized a recent protest by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) and proposed the implementation of supply contracts between farmers and processors to mitigate the financial risks faced by farmers. These contracts would outline the type, number, and availability of lambs to be supplied, along with the minimum price to be paid. IBLA intends to gauge member support for these protests, assuring they will be peaceful and in accordance with the law.

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The Irish Beef and Lamb Association (IBLA) will ask its members if they would support a protest – or number of protests – at sheep processing facilities. In a statement over the weekend, the IBLA criticised the recent protest by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) in Roscommon town. “The IBLA is of the strong opinion that the only place that a protest associated with the current serious income situation for sheep farmers should be held at is a meat processing facility,” it said. According to the IBLA, the IFA’s request for a €30/ewe payment to sheep farmers is “at best a temporary band aid to a serious problem in the sector”. Advertisement “We have seen time and time again that any direct payment to a farmer is almost immediately taken by the processor in the form of a price cut, leaving the farmer no better off in the long run,” the group’s statement added. It continued: “The fundamental problem in farming, not least the sheep sector, is the disproportionate level of financial ...

Source: AgriLand