Plea for national action plan as feed shortage hits crisis levels

Animal feed shortages have reached such a crisis point in the Duhallow region that farmers are coming under emotional strain listening to starving cattle baying for food, said Fianna Fáil TD Michael Moynihan.

The North-West Cork TD says the Government needs to launch a national action plan within the next two to three days to relieve what he says is fast becoming an animal welfare and humanitarian crisis.

He is urging the State to buy in large volumes of animal feed and distribute it at reduced cost, along lines similar to the model being offered by some co-ops, but on a much larger scale.