Funding will help redress farmers’ losses

FUNDING for the agriculture sector will help redress the losses farmers incurred through last year’s Budget and Estimates, it was claimed yesterday.

A gross estimate provision of 1.39 billion has been provided for the Department of Agriculture and Food next year. The net allocation is 935.1 million.

The gross estimate includes 108 million in respect of forestry, responsibility for which will be transferred to the Department on January 1.