Growers 'not in financial position to survive year ahead' without support

IFA fruit and vegetable chairman Niall McCormack said that 2024 has started on the "worst possible weather footing", with delays in planting all field vegetables and potatoes.

IFA president Francie Gorman has called on all players in the food chain, big retailers in particular, to engage with their suppliers of Irish fruit and vegetables.

Fruit and vegetable growers are "not in a financial position to survive the year ahead" unless financial supports are put in place, the Irish Farmers' Association has warned.

IFA president Francie Gorman has called on all players in the food chain, big retailers in particular, to engage with their suppliers of Irish fruit and vegetables to ensure they can remain financially viable and overcome the current crisis being caused by the adverse wet weather conditions.