Tight Supply May Push Prices Up
UK - Beef prices remain down on last year, with market volatility a continuing concern, livestock chairman Alistair Mackintosh has told the National Farmers' Union (NFU) council this week.
14 October 2010
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However, the board chair did suggest that as corn prices rise and it becomes uneconomic to finish black and white bull calves there is likely to be a tightening of supply after Christmas which will lead to firmer prices in the New Year.
The NFU meets regularly with processors and retailers to stress the need for a greater price commitment to UK red meat producers in order to achieve future sustainability.
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