Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 6 July 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Beef Task Force: Discussion
Mr. Michael Dowling:
I do not know. There are reasons that retailers like to have cattle under 30 months and under certain weights.
It facilitates the placement of the product into particular types of cartons, etc. There is a technical reason for it. In addition, retailers have been telling Grant Thornton and others that they believe there are climate reasons beef from younger animals is a better bet than beef from older animals.