Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 July 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion with Irish Cattle Breeding Federation

11:30 am

Photo of Pat O'NeillPat O'Neill (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank both gentlemen. It has been a fabulous meeting although it is a pity this information was not out there before. We learned a lot here today.

The issue of exports was mentioned. If a weaning bull or a heifer is exported at ten to 12 months, it really stops there. We do not have any record after it leaves the country. If the market is fluctuating and animals are sold, say, in January, at a different price per kilo from animals sold in June or August, is there a model to work that out?

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