Teagasc survey points out cost of recent bad weather

ONLY 40% of first cut silage and 30% of the hay crop was made up to August in the wetland areas of the country worst hit by bad weather.

Milk yields in these areas are reduced by as much as 15%.

The Irish apple crop has also been a weather victim, with cooking apples expected to be scarce this autumn, and eating apples either reduced or blemished and unsaleable.