Pig funding to cover only two months' losses

The IFA is “disappointed” with the “lack of understanding” of the severity of the current situation.

IFA President Tim Cullinan and pigs committee chairman Roy Gallie during a farmers' protest in Dublin last month over the increased cost of feed and fuel and poor prices for pig meat.

Support packages announced for the pig sector will only cover losses for April and May approximately, according to farmers.

The Irish Farmers' Association said it went to Government “looking for an aid package to support us for the year” and what has been put on the table so far is “a long way off the mark”, according to IFA pig committee vice-chairman William Murphy.