The Clare Chair of the Beef Plan Movement is warning the people of Clare to stock up on meat and be prepared for stocks to drop in shops.
It comes as a fresh round of talks is to be convened on Monday by the Agriculture Minister, aimed at breaking the ongoing deadlock between farmers and Meat Industry Ireland.
Protests are continuing at a number of meat processing plants around the country as the controversy surrounding the price of beef continues, which has led a number of farmers to stop putting their animals into the supply chain.
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Quilty farmer Joseph Woulfe says farmers won’t be sending their animals for slaughter at such low prices so the level of meat available to buy is going to take a hit:
