Animal Sales
Dail Éireann — 2021-05-20
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Denis Naughten (IND), Roscommon-Galway

Irish beef promotion and sales are about volume and not value, which sees everyone except the farmer getting a margin. Technology has the potential to disrupt this model to the direct benefit of suckler farmers. Blockchain technology in the beef industry is tomorrow's offal. Whomever controls the blockchain controls the sector. This must be publically-owned and controlled and not let fall into the hands of one or two vested interests.

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Sitting date: 2021-05-20