date:Jul 26, 2013
g demand from the UK, Ireland's largest beef market, during a period strongly marked by the contamination of processed beef products and issues of consumer trust he added.
The resilience of the beef market may also be associated with the strong demand for cattle from the Bord Bia Quality Assurance Scheme, whose membership has now risen to 36,400 producers. Today, some 85% of Irish beef production is being sourced from approved farms, up from 78% in 2012, with applications for membership in the