EC Commission urged to tackle escalating prices of animal feed

THE Irish Grain and Feed Association (IGFA) yesterday called for early action by the European Commission to tackle escalating prices of animal feed.

IGFA Director Deirdre Webb said both IGFA and the European feed association, FEFAC, have been lobbying the Commission.

They want it to immediately release part of the 5 million tonnes of European Union intervention barley stocks and to remove levies on EU imports of feed ingredients.