Stephen Cadogan: Dáil Éireann backs tillage farm emergency aid call

Overwhelming majority of TDs clearly say that the Government has badly left down this vital agricultural sector, despite its programme for government commitments to farmers and rural Ireland.

If the Government’s stated commitments to rural Ireland and to agriculture are to be taken seriously, it must deliver the €4.5 million crisis fund for tillage farmers without delay.

A growing and profitable tillage sector was one of the priorities in the programme for government last May.