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Title: Watch: Irish buyers turn to Irish pig and poultry
Interest from domestic buyers for Irish white meat is picking up and Chinese demand is expected to remain strong, Bord Bia said in its outlook for this year.
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Interest from domestic buyers for Irish white meat is picking up and Chinese demand is expected to remain strong, Bord Bia said in its outlook for this year.
Labelling on meat products, Bord Bia Quality Assurance.
Irish pigmeat and poultry supplies hit record levels in 2017 and part of this production was absorbed by increased domestic consumption, Bord Bia’s sector manager Peter Duggan told the agency’s meat marketing seminar in Naas, Co Kildare, on Friday.
Poultry imports were down 6% between January and September last year. “This is due to preference for Irish products at food service level,” Duggan said.
Meanwhile, the trend towards a decrease in fresh pork consumption in Ireland was reversed in 2017. This was accompanied by an increase in the proportion of pigmeat products carrying the Bord Bia quality mark to 76% last year, the highest on record.
Export markets
Irish pigmeat supply for export increased through the last quarter of 2017 to cross the 70,000 head/week mark and hit the largest weekly supply on record in December.
Irish pigmeat export volumes grew by 3% last year, mostly to the leading UK market. Peter expects this to stabilise this year as a decline in the breeding herd is offset by improvements in productivity.
Citing “optimitstic” Rabobank forecasts for Chinese demand to 2020, he noted that the restructuring of China’s pig industry in the face of environmental constraints was continuing. Domestic Chinese production remains slow as a result and increasing demand turns to imports.
“A strong dollar may curb the competitiveness of US pigmeat somewhat,” he added.
Irish pigmeat and poultry supplies hit record levels in 2017 and part of this production was absorbed by increased domestic consumption, Bord Bia’s sector manager Peter Duggan told the agency’s meat marketing seminar in Naas, Co Kildare, on Friday.
Poultry imports were down 6% between January and September last year. “This is due to preference for Irish products at food service level,” Duggan said.
Meanwhile, the trend towards a decrease in fresh pork consumption in Ireland was reversed in 2017. This was accompanied by an increase in the proportion of pigmeat products carrying the Bord Bia quality mark to 76% last year, the highest on record.
Export markets
Irish pigmeat supply for export increased through the last quarter of 2017 to cross the 70,000 head/week mark and hit the largest weekly supply on record in December.
Irish pigmeat export volumes grew by 3% last year, mostly to the leading UK market. Peter expects this to stabilise this year as a decline in the breeding herd is offset by improvements in productivity.
Citing “optimitstic” Rabobank forecasts for Chinese demand to 2020, he noted that the restructuring of China’s pig industry in the face of environmental constraints was continuing. Domestic Chinese production remains slow as a result and increasing demand turns to imports.
“A strong dollar may curb the competitiveness of US pigmeat somewhat,” he added.
With Agri Aware, the NDC, Bord Bia and Meat and Dairy Facts already on the pitch, why are there talks around setting up a separate grouping to present the truth around farming to the public?
The price of the dairy elements of the breakfast decreased comparing January 2024 with the same month in 2023.
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