Ireland: ICSA urges sheep farmers seeking higher prices to stand firm

Published 2023년 1월 23일

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The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) is encouraging sheep farmers to withhold selling their stock until factories increase the purchase prices. ICSA Sheep chair Sean McNamara highlighted that prices are rising as factories are finding it difficult to source lambs. He suggested that farmers should aim for a selling price of €7.00/kg to cover the production costs. The ICSA believes that this strategy of withholding lambs will push processors to increase prices.
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The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has urged sheep farmers to “stand firm” and demand better prices for their stock from factories. The ICSA Sheep chair Sean McNamara explained that “factories are struggling to get lambs and prices are edging upwards”. “I am hearing of 20c/kg more this morning and I think that the more farmers resist now, the more we can drive price up,” he said. “Last week, I and other ICSA sheep farmers held back our lambs in a stand against the absurdly low prices the factories were quoting. “The factories were having a laugh at our expense offering prices way below the cost of production, so a decision was made not to sell. “I understand that it’s not easy for farmers feeding sheep expensive meal but there are good signs now that prices will move upwards,” McNamara said. Advertisement “There are reports that some exports from New Zealand to China are resuming and it is clear that for the past few months, stronger EU and UK imports of New ...
Source: AgriLand

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