Fodder transport scheme applies to any county with fodder deficit, claims IFA
There has been a lot of confusion about how the scheme works over the past few weeks, now the IFA has said it has received clarification on the terms of the scheme.
Any part of the country with a fodder deficit will be included in the transport scheme, once Teagasc verify it, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed to the IFA.
This comes after news emerged on Wednesday that farmers in Cavan, Longford, Monaghan and Roscommon had been excluded from the fodder scheme.
IFA Connacht regional chairman Padraic Joyce said that confusion remains about aspects of the transport scheme for fodder announced by the Department of Agriculture.
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Joyce said the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed needs to convene an immediate meeting of the Fodder Action Group so that all stakeholders can discuss how the scheme will work in practice.
Joyce said: “Instead of just announcing the scheme, it would have been better to discuss it collectively with all stakeholders in the Fodder Action Group so that the operational aspects could have been teased out.”
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Title: Fodder transport scheme applies to any county with fodder deficit, claims IFA
There has been a lot of confusion about how the scheme works over the past few weeks, now the IFA has said it has received clarification on the terms of the scheme.
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Any part of the country with a fodder deficit will be included in the transport scheme, once Teagasc verify it, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed to the IFA.
This comes after news emerged on Wednesday that farmers in Cavan, Longford, Monaghan and Roscommon had been excluded from the fodder scheme.
IFA Connacht regional chairman Padraic Joyce said that confusion remains about aspects of the transport scheme for fodder announced by the Department of Agriculture.
Joyce said the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed needs to convene an immediate meeting of the Fodder Action Group so that all stakeholders can discuss how the scheme will work in practice.
Joyce said: “Instead of just announcing the scheme, it would have been better to discuss it collectively with all stakeholders in the Fodder Action Group so that the operational aspects could have been teased out.”
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