Cheap grain from the East under fire

THE IFA has called on Agriculture Minister Joe Walsh and the European Commission to take immediate action to stop cheap wheat flooding in from former Soviet Union countries.

IFA National Grain Committee vice chairmen Jack Williams said these imports are distorting the internal EU market and collapsing grain prices across Europe.

“If they do not take action immediately, the EU will become a net importer of grain instead of a net exporter, and intervention grain stocks will rise to an unmanageable level.