What keeps the DAFM’s top officials awake at night?

Keeping fingers on the pulse of an industry involving 130,000 farms exporting to more than 180 countries 

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald must have been impressed by DAFM ‘s 40 research studies and reviews. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire. 

It isn’t easy for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) to keep their finger on the pulse of an industry involving 130,000 farms, that exports to more than 180 countries.

The DAFM has to be prepared for anything.