Seanad debates

Wednesday, 6 November 2002

Agriculture and Food: Statements.

 

The day of producing and processing beef without an eye to the eventual market destination is gone. If the market demands a certain quality or age of animal, that is what must be produced. We are 100% self-sufficient in beef with 7.2 million cattle. We have outlets in the United Kingdom and will sell more than 200,000 tonnes there this year. Regrettably, only 25% of that will be on retail outlet shelves, the rest being in the lower end of the market in bulk and catering. That is not where it should go. Cattle more than 30 months old are not needed anymore for different reasons, yet we continue to keep them for longer than that.

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