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AGRICULTURE Minister Martin Heydon has acknowledged that grocery prices have gone up but said farmers faced significant cost challenges in recent years.
Minister Heydon was speaking at the National Ploughing Championships in Screggan.
"From a farming perspective this isn't about pitting people against each other," he said.
"Farmers have seen a 70% increase in input costs since 2020 so they really have been carrying that burden and feeling that pain."
He referred to factors outside the Irish market which were impacting on beef prices but pointed out that the price of a product like yogurt had not changed.
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