Plans to ensure farms are not hit by shortages

Russian fertiliser accounted for 22% of Irish total fertiliser imports in 2020
Plans to ensure farms are not hit by shortages

The IFA delegation led by President Tim Cullinan at last night's round table meeting on food security, with the Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue and Minister Pippa Hackett, discussing measures needed to generate more food production in the country. Picture: Finbarr O’Rourke

Plans have been set in motion to establish a national fodder resilience committee to tackle potential shortages in feed for Irish livestock this winter as a result of disruption to farm supplies caused by the war in Ukraine.

Russian fertiliser accounted for 22% of Irish total fertiliser imports in 2020, the last year for which figures are available.

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