New calf-to-beef scheme 'a closed loop' for farmers, claim grain merchants
Co-op and meat processor-backed calf-to-beef schemes could potentially "eliminate" competition in the feed business, a group of independent grain merchants have claimed.
Acorn Independent Merchants, which represents 11 grain merchants, has hit out at the recently launched Glanbia and Kepak 'Twenty20 Beef Club' calf-to-beef programme, which requires participating farmers to buy all inputs from Glanbia.
