Comment: Chairman of the IFA Pigs Committee Pat O’Flaherty said that although prices for slaughter pigs have not increased, sow prices continue to move upwards, which is positive. It is critical that retailers, secondary processors and the wider food service in Ireland support local producers by sourcing Irish pigmeat, particularly at a time when farmers’ incomes are under serious pressure.
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Pig market: 05/10/2015
Prices reported to IFA
Rosderra: = €1.47/kg
Dawn: = €1.48/kg
Staunton’s: = €1.48/kg
Kepak: = €1.46/kg
Karro: = €1.47/kg
(All prices dependent on grading of pigs)
Comment: Chairman of the IFA Pigs Committee Pat O’Flaherty said that although prices for slaughter pigs have not increased, sow prices continue to move upwards, which is positive. It is critical that retailers, secondary processors and the wider food service in Ireland support local producers by sourcing Irish pigmeat, particularly at a time when farmers’ incomes are under serious pressure.
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