Traffic warning as trucks deliver feed to stricken farms

Motorists are asked to be patient this weekend as agri co-op trucks deliver urgently needed hay and other animal feed to farms nationwide.

Dairygold chairman Bertie O’Leary said: “There is a lot of hay coming into every co-op around the country, so there will be a lot of trucks on the roads this weekend. We have no choice; the cattle have to be fed.

“This situation is creating a ferocious cost to farmers, but it is also bringing out the best in people. Last week, outside one of our branches, I saw one man take a bale off his trailer and give it to another man. We’re seeing things like that all over our area.”