EU must ensure trade talks do not expose area to cheap produce: IFA
Newly appointed as IFA environment and rural affairs chairman, Mr Kingston has called upon EU Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos to ensure that the EU’s international trade talks do not open up the region to cheap, low quality food produce.
“Ireland’s grass-based farming ensures that food is produced to the highest environmental and animal welfare standards,” said Mr Kingston. “Our food is amongst the most emission-efficient in the world. The same cannot be said of regions such as South America. The commission must insist that countries who export into the EU achieve the same high standards as farmers in Ireland.”