Fuel and fertiliser prices an 'immediate issue that needs addressing', warn farmers

A support package needs to be negotiated as 'a matter of urgency'

Macra na Feirme national president John Keane: 'The funding package to support the agricultural sector needs to be negotiated with farming stakeholders as a matter of urgency.' Picture: Don Moloney

The country’s young farmers have said that a support package for the agriculture industry needs to be negotiated as “a matter of urgency” in the shadow of the invasion of Ukraine.

Irish farmers have been tasked by the Government to grow crops specifically to remove Ireland’s dependency on certain foodstuffs from Russia and Ukraine due to the ongoing invasion.