Calls for department to open dialogue on new Farmers’ Charter of Rights

Current Farmers’ Charter expires at end of this year and ICMSA is calling for replacement as well as reforms for farmers

ICMSA has called on Minister Charlie McConalogue to begin discussions on the new Farmers' Charter of Rights. Picture:Gareth Chaney/Collins

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue is being called upon by the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) this week to begin dialogue on a new Farmers’ Charter of Rights as the current one prepares for expiration at the end of December.

ICMSA has also indicated that the matter will be raised at the Farmers’ Charter Monitoring Committee meeting which is taking place on Thursday, October 8.