Fodder crisis a disaster for Irish agriculture, MEP tells commission

Ireland South MEP Seán Kelly has asked the European Commission to look favourably upon any request from the Government for emergency assistance, as animal feed shortages reach crisis levels.

He told European regional policy commissioner, Johannes Hahn, that farmers are struggling to cope with the most severe winter in over 50 years in Ireland.

“The scale of the fodder crisis on farms has not been seen in living memory. Irish agriculture is facing its most serious difficulties in half a century, with Irish farmers being unable to feed their animals, as their own stores have been exhausted. The crisis has become a disaster for Irish agriculture.”