Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 July 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed)
Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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Finally, I know the farmers are being paid up to 21 kg, but there are heavier lambs out there. The processors are not discarding that extra meat. Do we have any indication how much extra processors are cleaning off of farmers by not paying them above the 21 kg, even though they are using the extra meat on the heavier lambs? Do we have a figure on what the processors are gaining there?