'Some co-ops won't survive' nitrates stocking rate cut - Cahill
Jackie Cahill said the reduction in maximum stocking rate "would be devastating", and the "future of some processing co-ops will be threatened" with a reduced milk pool expected. Picture: Eddie O'Hare
Fianna Fáil TD Jackie Cahill has warned that "some of our co-ops won't survive" a cut to stocking rate in the nitrates derogation.
Dairying is the "driving economic force" of rural Ireland, Mr Cahill said, "and without our vibrant dairy industry", it would be a "seriously poorer place".
