Farmers want retailers to pay poultry producers by weight

The IFA's poultry chairman has called on retailers to pay poultry producers for their products by weight, not by classification.

Under the current arrangement chickens are classified as small, medium and large and poultry farmers are paid a set price, depending on the weight scale a bird falls within.

This works to the advantage of retailers and means producers are losing out financially

IFA Poultry Chairman Andy Boylan says this is completely unacceptable at a time when poultry producers are struggling with increased production costs.

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