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Irish beef prices up post-Brexit

Less than 18 months since Brexit and market demand for Irish beef continues to be strong. What’s more, the price of beef continues to strengthen. That’s despite more than half the Irish beef that originally went into the zone exiting the EU now going elsewhere. In addition, beef supplies for the manufacturing and catering sectors remain strong albeit through what is traditionally the weakest demand period in a year. That…

Crisis is bigger than Brexit for cattle, sheep, and suckler farms

Rocketing farm costs are now a bigger threat than Brexit, the Irish Cattle & Sheep Farmer’s Association (ICSA) has said. Speaking after a National Fodder and Food Security committee meeting ICSA beef chairman Edmund Graham made it clear that in his view, the cattle and sheep sectors are most at risk. He added said the bleak future facing drystock farmers is not being taken seriously by both Minister McConalogue and…

EFRA projects a shrinkage of UK’s food production sector

A report by the Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA) has indicated that the UK food production industry would “permanently” shrink unless problems were dealt with. MPs have warned that labour shortages as a result of Brexit and the pandemic are set to make Britain more dependent on food imports. MPs also added that crops are going unharvested and rotting in the fields, as seasonal agricultural labourers from…

Agri-food exporters to prepare for Brexit changes

Irish agri-food exports to the UK have increased by 8.4% according to trade statistics released for 2021. This comes as Brexit ended just over a year ago with businesses and government authorities having made adjustments to their operations in order to accommodate the changes involved in the process. According to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), Charlie McConalogue his department remains fully engaged with the industry in…

Brexit impacts food and beverage trade

The Economic and Social Research Institute’s (ESRI) last report shows that trade between Ireland and Britain “declined sharply” following Brexit. The paper’s focus was on trade patterns between Britain and Ireland, and also for Northern Ireland, before and after January 2021. Researchers established that although Brexit did not cause a significant reduction in overall Irish exports to the UK, there have been sharp declines in food, beverage, fuel and animal fat…