Sell-off of imported livestock fodder

Dairygold Co-op has offered farmers who buy 25 tonnes of alfalfa a €1,000 voucher for ruminant compound feed.

Imports of alfalfa were welcomed last year after the drought left farmers short of feed, but ideal autumn and spring weather followed, which allowed farmers replenish silage stocks, and much of the alfalfa imported from countries like France, Spain and Italy wasn’t needed.