“We’re not asking for much, we’re just asking for a fair share of the end retail price.”
The Beef Plan Movement has rejected the deal offered during talks involving the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed.
The talks began with the aim of securing a better price for beef for farmers.
Speaking on Morning Ireland on Monday, Beef Plan Movement west region vice-chair David Whelehan said: “We have taken direction from our membership and they have come back and said no, the deal that is on the table is not good enough.”
Beef Plan said that Creed had failed to deliver in roundtable negotiations and called on him to address the issues farmers had.
“It’s up to the industry to come forward with meaningful proposals to ensure the primary producers, which provides them with the raw product which makes their businesses sustainable, are returned a fair share of the end retail price,” Whelehan said.
“We’re not asking for much, we’re just asking for a fair share of the end retail price.”
The Beef Plan Movement stood down all of its protests before talks began two weeks ago and said that any new pickets outside factories are not organised by them.
Whelehan said they would not be organising more protests as they’ve officially stood down.
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