Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Strategic Direction of Bord Bia: Discussion
Mr. John Murray:
We see the market improving at the moment. We are in Ramadan right now and as we move towards Easter, we are seeing some upward movement on that, but there is still a gap compared with where we were last year. As the year moves on, we anticipate a little more pressure on production across Europe, which will create a little more opportunity. We certainly see the number of animals and lambs coming through on the Irish side to be slightly down as well. We have seen that through some of the scanning rates that have been passed back to us as well. We see the supply balance perhaps improving slightly as the year progresses and we hope that will lift the market slightly.
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