Cross-party support for struggling cattle farms

Specialist beef farmers received strong cross-party backing at last week’s Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, with several TDs and senators warning that a hard Brexit would wipe out already struggling cattle farmers.

Fine Gael TD Pat Deering, Chair of the Committee , said 115% of a suckler farmers’ income comes from Europe, which is unsustainable going forward. “The only way viability for suckler farmers can be maintained is by getting a decent and fair price for their product.”