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Irish factory prices fall behind export benchmark

After outperforming the benchmark price for several months, Irish factory prices now lag behind what is being paid to farmers in our main export markets.

NEWS 20 March 2026

Irish factory prices fall behind export benchmark

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Irish factory prices have fallen behind competitors

Irish factory prices have fallen behind competitors

After a prolonged period in 2025 when Irish factories were outperforming the Bord Bia prime export benchmark price, they have now fallen below it.

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Middle East, Africa and India are development markets for Irish agri food

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Conal Moore an agri contractor and tillage framer from Ballygar Co Galway. “We do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.

Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

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