Government wants farmers in partnership, says Walsh

THE Government wants farmers in the partnership process as they have been for the past 15 years, Agriculture and Food Minister Joe Walsh declared yesterday.

He told reporters at the Farm Machinery Show in Punchestown Exhibition Centre in Co Kildare that the Government has worked hard to facilitate farmers to continue in partnership on this occasion.

It had put 17 pages of a document in place for the farming community. Contacts were ongoing at official level. He said he hoped in the next few days the farmers would see the opportunity and find a formula to remain in the process.