Call for all sectors of the economy to unite to support farming

A plea for all sectors of the economy to unite in supporting farming through “a perfect storm” has been made by the managing director of a leading agri-business.

Liam Woulfe, MD, Grassland Agro Ireland, expressed his concern at difficulties being experienced by farmers in all mainstream enterprises in 2016, when he was guest speaker at the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI)/BDO Corporate Finance breakfast briefing seminar on ‘Funding Strategies for the Food & Agri Sector’ breakfast briefing in Limerick last Friday.

He told the agri-business gathering that all mainstream sectors within farming are going through a unique period at the moment. “We are in a perfect storm, but that is only a passing phase, and there is no doubt that brighter days are ahead.”