Forum to highlight role of agriculture

A MAJOR economic forum of Irish farming and food industry leaders will be held at the RDS in Dublin next month.

Organised by the Irish Farmers Association, it will bring together hundreds of businesses depending on primary producers to highlight the importance of the sector, its potential to drive exports and jobs.

IFA president Padraig Walshe said yesterday Irish farmers are among the best and most efficient in the world and are ready and able to drive sustainable increases in production to meet the growing world food demand.