Bumper crowd at tillage sector crisis meeting sends 'clear message' to minister

Speaking to the Irish Examiner at the National Ploughing Championships, Bobby Miller from the Irish Grain Growers Group said tillage farmers visiting the organisation's stand were in poor morale

Around a thousand farmers heard that 'Irish grain prices are being undermined by cheap imports of feedstuffs from outside the EU'.

Irish tillage farmers have warned their sector is in crisis and in urgent need of government support.

Around a thousand farmers turned out to a crisis meeting for the sector held at the Killashee Hotel on Friday, September 12. IFA President Francie Gorman said the event sent a "clear message" to minister for agriculture Martin Heydon.