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The tillage forum will meet for the second time on Thursday 16 February. The forum first met last October.
The meeting, convened by Minister Michael Creed, will again see a broad range of stakeholders around the table, as farmers finalise cropping decisions for 2017.
The low-interest loan scheme will be welcomed by farmers and merchants, but will not deflect farmers from looking for a disaster fund for those affected by harvest conditions last year.
The minister has pledged to bring the issue to the forum, and it has been endorsed by a Fianna Fáil private members motion.
At the time of going to print, there was still no update on TAMS for the tillage sector.
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