EU to assess future of sheep sector

THE Agriculture Committee of the European Parliament has agreed to carry out an economic study into the future of the sheep sector in Europe.

It will be conducted in tandem with a report the committee has already commissioned from Ireland East MEP Liam Aylward on the future of the EU’s €3.5 billion sheep sector.

Tenders have been invited to carry out the economic study which will look at what the EU should be doing to promote its lamb products to a greater extent within the union.